I have no regrets about my career or retiring. Not once have I thought 'Gosh, I wish I was back on the court.

Winning an Olympic gold medal is like nothing else.

There's nothing masculine about being competitive. There's nothing masculine about trying to be the best at everything you do, nor is there anything wrong with it. I don't know why a female athlete has to defend her femininity just because she chooses to play sports.

I am being taken care of by a higher being than myself or my coaches or my training staff.

I am blessed with a reasonable athletic talent and was an athlete in school.

I was playing basketball at Lifetime Fitness every day for two hours. Like, I played an hour of basketball before I played David Ferrer in the semi-final.

I give my life to football.

Am I ever going to be able to play football again? What's going on with my career? I was just thinking things like that. You've got tears going down your eyes. You've got your trainers right there and my parents right there. I was just thinking, ""Is this it?"" I didn't know what a knee injury was. I'd never felt pain like that.