Quotes from Tori Bowie

We all have a story, and I wouldn't trade my story for anything.

I'm extremely content with my silver and bronze medals. But once I won the gold, I fell in love.

The 200 is tragic! It's my favorite race, but it takes so much out of the body - and it's too much time to think.

It's like a dream come true, coming to the Olympic trails and leaving being the champion.

I love NBA. I enjoy it, and I also really love the dominance that LeBron James brings to the court.

My grandmother's number-one rule was that once you start something, you don't quit. From a young age, she never let me give up on anything.

I love singing. I can't say it sounds good; it's just something I like doing.

Your body can't get stronger or more powerful unless you're balanced.

I guess, after a race, I'm just trying to get all my fluids back in my system - we use a lot of fluids when we get out and race. My dad always does this thing he calls 'juicing' - tomato juice, apple juice, orange juice - doesn't matter what it is, just go ahead and juice your body right back up.

I am going to branch out to acting and do more modeling.

You have to bury nerves, because they can either destroy you or give you that extra boost. You have to use your nerves in a good way. Don't let them destroy you.

I feel like doing my makeup before a race is part of my uniform. I always come out with a hair scarf or a headband, and I try to wear a new one for each race.

Most people are like, 'Oh, you shouldn't eat steak. It's so heavy.' But I love steak the day before a meet. Or the day of. I try to get that red meat in, some extra energy.

My favourite place to train is in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where I train with my aunt and sister during the off-season. It is basically a flat, grassy area by the side of the road where we have made a path to run on.

Making the Olympic team was the biggest thing I've ever accomplished. That was something I had to wait four years to accomplish.

I'm not really sure if I will go back to school. I'm getting old! So I'm not really sure if I have time to go back to school to be a dentist. But hopefully I'll be an Olympic gold medalist.

In 2012, I thought that maybe I could be an Olympic gold medalist. It just came from sitting home and being injured and watching the Olympics on the TV.

I think we all have moments when we struggle with motivation.

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