There were many things in my childhood I sacrificed: I started travelling quite young, compromising school in terms of learning and time with friends doing normal stuff as a kid you want to do. But obviously I wouldn't change a day.

Improving, for me, is quite natural as I'm always critical of myself.

Of course, when you start in pole, winning is the only target you have.

You never want to be behind your team-mate at the end of the year, that's definitely always going to be my goal.

There's no medals for trying. This isn't like eighth grade where everybody gets a trophy. We are in a professional sport, and it is competitive to win. That's what we do.

Girls are breaking barriers and boundaries every day in everything from sports and science to business and the creative arts.

As an artist, as a brand, as a rapper, as a musician, you know you got a window and a lot of people, even an athlete; they don't have no exit strategy. It's just living in the false reality that it's going to be like this forever.

I have 'the first' attached to my name in a whole lot of different aspects when it comes to the sport of basketball.