View a stumbling block as a learning opportunity. If you allow it to defeat you, it will. Honestly, if I give everything I have, I can't be disappointed with the outcome. Elana Meyers More Quotes by Elana Meyers More Quotes From Elana Meyers Traditionally, the treatment for a concussion has been to stare at a wall and wait for your brain to heal itself. Don't watch TV, don't read a book, don't look at your phone, and definitely don't train. It's a torturous protocol for an athlete. Elana Meyers wait look brain book There's times when I'll be out in the middle of the track, standing in the curve, and I'll just laugh. 'What the heck am I doing right now? I'm sliding down the hill at crazy speeds and standing in freezing cold weather.' Elana Meyers laugh hill crazy weather It's hard to describe what it's like to live with a concussion. You want to enjoy things like you used to, but you can't. You wake up in the morning and wonder how you're going to feel that day: What will my reactions be like? Will I have a headache? Will I have to triple check to see if I unplugged the flat iron? Elana Meyers day you enjoy morning If I'm honest, the thing I remember the most was the team mascot, Freddie the Falcon. I really remember there was a McDonald's nearby, and I remember eating a cheeseburger in the playground when the Falcon appeared. I'm not sure my dad appreciates that being my favorite memory of him playing. Elana Meyers memory dad team eating Find your passion, set a goal, go to work, evaluate, reassess, and repeat. Elana Meyers your go passion work 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. Elana Meyers important cheating people way My favorite thing about South Korea is the people - they are so kind and helpful. Elana Meyers south-korea about kind people 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? Elana Meyers down hill you enjoy Being a minority athlete in this sport, it's been wrought with challenges, but I wouldn't consider myself a trail blazer. Elana Meyers trail being myself challenges I got a letter from a mom, and she was telling me about how her daughter is a tomboy and the trouble she has in classes and being around boys. She herself had the same kinds of problems growing up and how inspired they were by me. That was such an incredible email to receive. Elana Meyers problems me daughter mom I'm not sure I'll ever love softball as much as bobsled. It's like having children: you don't love one more than the other, you just love them differently, and that's how my love for softball is vs. my love of bobsled - two totally different sports with different personalities. Elana Meyers you love sports children I know how much my mom has impacted my journey and how much I wouldn't be where I am without my mom. As much as she says she's proud of me, I'm even more so proud of her because of what she's done and how she's been able to raise me and my sisters. Elana Meyers i-am me mom journey Being southern and doing bobsled was difficult from the standpoint that I had no idea how to handle the cold and how to dress in the cold, let alone warm up and compete in the cold - so it was a definite shock. I didn't even own a coat when I first started bobsledding! Elana Meyers dress alone doing cold I'm a squat person: I love squats. I love back squats, things like that. Elana Meyers person back things love I've been on every type of nutrition plan you can think of. Elana Meyers plan think you nutrition The Midland community is huge into softball. They have a lot of competitive men's teams. We played at a beautiful stadium, and our games would be packed every weekend. I'm pretty sure people have my signature on softballs and they don't even know. Because we would just sign so many autographs all of the time. Elana Meyers time beautiful men people I'm E Money because I'm money when it counts. Not sure exactly where or when it started, but I was called it in softball, too. Elana Meyers sure because where money Growing up, most girls have this image of how they want their wedding to be and things like that. I had none of that except for the cake I wanted, and that's what I got. The cake was the first thing we ordered. Elana Meyers wedding cake growing-up want Bobsledding is an expensive sport. Elana Meyers sport expensive I love driving the sled more than anything. Elana Meyers anything more driving love