Quotes from Elana Meyers

I've been on every type of nutrition plan you can think of.

I train with track athletes, which is weird for bobsledders. I love training with track athletes because they help me work on my speed, and they give me something to cheer for during the Summer Olympics.

People win medals in all shapes and sizes! And I can't help but say that finding a fiance who loves me unconditionally at any size has played a huge role in my body confidence.

Bobsledding is like sprinting with NASCAR. You get to push these 400-pound sleds as fast as you can down a hill and hop in. How could you not enjoy that?

I'm a squat person: I love squats. I love back squats, things like that.

Bobsled is a universal sport, and most people don't know that. Anybody can slide down a hill.

Even though concussions affect women more often than men, there's not a lot of concussion research about women specifically. You can slip and fall and hit your head and have a concussion. And unless you know what to do, and unless you're able to take the right steps, you may not be able to recover.

We're a sport that was in obscurity for so long, we started to get used to that.

Bobsled boils down to three things - your equipment, start, and drive. To win the Olympics requires all three.

It's important that the Olympics are motivating to young people and inspiring to all, and the only way to do that is to ensure clean performances, free of cheating.

Having my dad play for the Falcons, what it did was really to expose me to a whole bunch of other elite-level athletes, which I think gives me an advantage and allowed me to understand what goes into sports. It is more than going out onto the field and going out onto the ice and competing.

Bobsleigh is best for athletes who are fast and strong, which were my strengths in softball.

Bobsled is best for athletes who are fast and strong, which were my strengths in softball.

It's a challenge, but every single German or Canadian I want to beat, I still have to love them. That means competing the way God wants me to compete and helping my opponents if they have a need.

All growing up, the outside world wants to tell you what you can and cannot do as a female - what sports are acceptable, what sports are appropriate, what is appropriate to study, what is appropriate to say. But luckily, I have a strong family, and my mom is the most amazing mom in the world. She never let me worry about biases.

The things I've had to overcome have been crazy.

Love can overcome everything.

There is a stigma in our sport that men are the better drivers. People think that, because the men compete in two-man and four-man, they are more versatile and that the women aren't great drivers.

I'll do whatever I need to do to bring more athletes to the sport.

Bobsledders are big athletes, and I'm a big athlete.

I don't put limits on anybody.