You touch every other ball and, if you screw up, you only have one more person to back you up. You can't go hide in the corner. Kerri Walsh More Quotes by Kerri Walsh More Quotes From Kerri Walsh Misty May was looking for a partner, I was looking to stay at home, and the beach just came calling. Kerri Walsh calling home beach I honestly feel like my job since I was 22 has been to be an Olympian. Kerri Walsh honestly feels jobs [Nutrition] is a huge piece of the puzzle. It's not just about working hard and being physical. It's about being smart and mindful of what's going in and out of our bodies. Kerri Walsh smart pieces body I want to be the best role model I can be for my family. Kerri Walsh role-models roles want We don't have a World Series or a Super Bowl, so to be able to come home with a gold medal is amazing. I want to do it again in four more years. Kerri Walsh volleyball home years As far as my sport is concerned, my mission is to make it as big as it deserves to be. We've been growing, it's just not as noticeable. The NCAA picked beach volleyball up to be a championship sport, and it was the fastest test sport that's been adopted. That's a really big deal for our sport because that just means the USA system is going to have a feeder system from the college system. Kerri Walsh volleyball sports beach Sometimes it's just the beer and bikinis that get people to come and watch, but it's the competition that's keeping them there. Kerri Walsh athlete beer people Every time I've gone to Brazil I've gotten sick upon return. You know, it's just a different situation there. And I take every precaution - eating cooked foods and staying away from tap water, brushing my teeth with bottled water - and yet I still manage to get sick. So I'm just going to stay on point, bring my probiotics. Kerri Walsh brazil sick water I love that our sport is sexy. I think it is appropriately so. Kerri Walsh volleyball sexy sports My job is to be fit and I'm really blessed that I get to go and work out and live a really healthy lifestyle. Kerri Walsh work-out blessed jobs My support system, in my surgeon, my P.T., my pilates, my weightlifting, everything that I'm doing to make my body and my mind stronger is just, you know, has been on point. So I feel very prepared for the journey to qualify, and the journey to wear the gold medal. Kerri Walsh support-systems journey mind Well there's only one way to prepare for playing beach volleyball, and that's by getting in the sand. But offseason is really important because generally I'm staying off the sand and getting my feet under me, and it's really important for my body to know what it feels like to have sound footing under me. Kerri Walsh volleyball feet beach Growing up, Michael Jordan was my Olympic hero. Kerri Walsh growing growing-up hero I want to win a gold medal in London. Kerri Walsh goal gold winning My mom is a constant in my life in so many ways. Kerri Walsh my-mom mom way I used to sleep, eat, breathe volleyball. Now I have that with my kids. Kerri Walsh volleyball sleep kids I want to be the best role model I can be for my family. I want my husband and I to be the ones our kids look to for guidance, to be the great role models that I had with my parents growing up, so for as hard as we work, I want our kids to see us having fun. I want our kids to know that we have to feel our bodies. And nutrition is a huge part of that. Kerri Walsh growing-up husband fun We want to seal the deal that we're the best team that's ever happened. Kerri Walsh deals team want The balancing act of motherhood and a career, and being a wife, is something that I don't think I'll ever perfect, but I love the challenge of it. Kerri Walsh motherhood careers thinking Ideally we're going to stay at an American hotel. We just want to take every precaution. Because if you get sick out there, and you're playing in that hot sun and you get depleted, it's going to be a problem. So that would be the only other thing I think that athletes on a whole are going to be worried about. But again, we have to do our part and take every precaution and be smart. Kerri Walsh smart athlete thinking
