I'd always loved sports, and the Olympics were something I thought about often as a kid, but those dreams felt like a lifetime ago. Lauren Gibbs More Quotes by Lauren Gibbs More Quotes From Lauren Gibbs More and more, I am realizing that life is too short to do crap that doesn't make you happy, and we only get one shot at it all. Lauren Gibbs i-am you happy life For the first time in long time, I can say I love what I do. I can't say that every day is easy or fun, but there are few greater thrills in life than hurling yourself down an iced-over water slide in a carbon fiber bathtub. Lauren Gibbs day time love life I never get sick - not a cold, not a cough or sore throat. Everyone around me can be hacking up a lung, and I'm fine. Lauren Gibbs never me cold sick Every day, I put on a suit, and I felt like I was playing dress-up in my mum's closet. It just wasn't right. Lauren Gibbs dress-up suit every-day day I'm a volleyball player, so I like Lycra and Spandex. Lauren Gibbs like volleyball player A combine is a series of athletic tasks that help a coaching staff measure an athlete's ability to be competitive in a sport. A bobsled combine requires a sprint, broad jump, two-handed shot toss, and a back squat and power clean. Lauren Gibbs jump help back power I grew up thinking that corporate America was my destination. Then I got there, and I was making the money I wanted to make, but I just wasn't happy. Lauren Gibbs destination money happy thinking I travel quite a bit for both bobsled and leisure. Lauren Gibbs quite both leisure travel I am used to being places where I don't speak the language. What I am not used to is being in a part of a country where few people speak my language. Call it ignorance, arrogance, or what have you, but most places I have visited, I was lucky enough to be able to get by with English. Lauren Gibbs i-am you ignorance people When you start your bobsled career at 30, a time when most are settling down into their 'real careers' and many are getting married, you can imagine the barrage of questions and the look of, 'You're doing what?' that you receive. Lauren Gibbs down look you time If your dream sounds like a real stretch and everyone around you is looking at you like you have completely lost it, it might just be exactly what you need. Lauren Gibbs looking you real dream I love when things don't go to plan. Lauren Gibbs plan things go love It is amazing how many thoughts can race through your head in a minute. Lauren Gibbs thoughts your amazing race One of the most common misconceptions about Olympic sports is that they only happen at the Olympics. Lauren Gibbs happen about only sports It is funny, the things you miss about a more conventional lifestyle. I miss seemingly mundane tasks, like cleaning the kitchen, moving my furniture around to achieve just the right look, and checking the mailbox. I miss making my bed in the morning before work. Lauren Gibbs you work morning funny I've always been a risk taker. When I told my mum I was quitting my job to be a bobsledder, she wasn't surprised. Lauren Gibbs she job always risk You have to find what you're really passionate about, throw yourself into it, and focus on those small wins. Lauren Gibbs yourself small you focus Sometimes I can't sleep at night because I'm so excited to work on sprinting the next day, because I'm such a bad sprinter. Lauren Gibbs day work sleep night When I graduated from college, I was told I could do great things and be great, but I didn't know what that meant and what it would feel like and the work that it would take. Lauren Gibbs feel great college work I went to a good school, played sports; things came relatively easy for me. Whenever I would get faced with adversity, I would always go do something else. Lauren Gibbs good me adversity sports
