As An Athlete You're Taught To Be

When You Shoot Nude, You Always Find A Way To, Like, Cover Yourself Up In A Way. So You Really Don't Feel Like You're Truly Naked Because You're Still Covering Yourself.

There Have Been Times In My Adolescence Where I Gave Up. I Was Like, 'i'm Just Never Going To Be Pretty. I'm Never Going To Be Like One Of Those People On The Front Of Magazines.' It Always Seemed Really Strange To Me That The Projection Of How People Are In Advertisements Looked Nothing Like The People Who Were Actually Buying Them. You Know What I Mean? I Never Understood That Mismatch, And Now I Really Start To See That The People You See In The Media Are A Lot More Like People Actually Are.

A Belt Does Nothing But Hold Your Gi Together. A Belt Has Assigned Significance, A Belt Is Someone Else Saying You're Good, You Don't Need Other People Saying That You're Good In Order To Be Good.

I Never Aspired To Be 2nd. I Was Taught... You Can Do Whatever You Want In This World, So Why Not Be The Best In The World?

My First Injury Ever Was A Broken Toe, And My Mother Made Me Run Laps Around The Mat For The Rest Of The Night. She Said She Wanted Me To Know That Even If I Was Hurt, I Was Still Fine.