These other states, they don't let grass grow, so we've got to get it.

These other states, they don't let grass grow, so we've got to get it.

I think people really want to be happy.

I think people really want to be happy.

In my 26 years I haven't run into a baby who was rolled over on in bed, or who suffocated read more

In my 26 years I haven't run into a baby who was rolled over on in bed, or who suffocated next to mom. Possibly it happens, but it happens a lot more often with moms who are bottle-feeding and have babies in cribs.

My goal freshman year was to be able to travel with the team. I achieved that, and breaking my hand read more

My goal freshman year was to be able to travel with the team. I achieved that, and breaking my hand was sort of a blessing in disguise, because it allowed me to play four full years of baseball.

There is no need to hide the reality from the world.

There is no need to hide the reality from the world.

Our parking lot frequently (has) people cross through it. It could be anything.

Our parking lot frequently (has) people cross through it. It could be anything.

I couldn't have asked for anything better than the way they've treated me here, especially my teammates. I wasn't worried, read more

I couldn't have asked for anything better than the way they've treated me here, especially my teammates. I wasn't worried, but I was pretty nervous about how I'd be accepted. Ever since Day One it's just been great. There's been no negativity at all, absolutely none.

I made a $50 bet -- a lot of money then -- with my coach that I'd win a medal. read more

I made a $50 bet -- a lot of money then -- with my coach that I'd win a medal. I woke up that morning and thought, 'don't get to the bottom and wish you had a second chance, because in the Olympics, you don't get a second chance.' I was so in the moment; I wanted to feel it, I wanted to be in it -- I've used that metaphor for the rest of my life.

We then resorted to watching them through a telescope and marked the places where they landed to pick up sample read more

We then resorted to watching them through a telescope and marked the places where they landed to pick up sample droppings for viral tests,