I Know Exactly What I'm Doing On

It Is Not Up To Me Whether I Win Or Lose. Ultimately, This Might Not Be My Day. And It Is That Philosophy Towards Sports, Something That I Really Truly Live By. I Am Emotional. I Want To Win. I Am Hungry. I Am A Competitor. I Have That Fire. But Deep Down, I Truly Enjoy The Art Of Competing So Much More Than The Result.

I Think In General, People Look At All Olympic Athletes, Look At All Superstar Athletes, And They Say, "okay, This Guy Doesn't Have Any Insecurities." They're Almost Like These Icons Who - I Don't Know How To Say It, But Like They Can't Make Mistakes. But The Reality Is, And I'll Tell You This Firsthand, A Lot Of Great Athletes Have A Lot Of Insecurities, And They Have A Really Hard Time Dealing With A Lot Of So-called Losing Or However You Want To Classify It.

I Rolled The Second Car That I Ever Owned, A Toyota 4 Runner. This Was Winter In Colorado, Two Weeks Before The 2002 Olympic Trials. I Was Driving In The Outside Lane, And My Rear Tire Caught Some Black Ice, And We Totally Turned Sideways To The Point Where We Were Heading Right Toward The Median.

I Think That Subway Has Shown Their Own Personal Commitment As A Company And How They Believe In Healthy Choices.

My Father Is 100% Japanese And Came To The United States When He Was Only 18 Years Old. My Grandmother Still Resides In Japan, Which Has Allowed Me To Travel To The Roots Of My Ancestors With My Father.