People say I should be running for a gold medal for the old red, white and blue and all that bull, but it's not gonna be that way.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The title 'black swimmer' makes it seem like I am not supposed to be able to win a gold medal, I am not supposed to be able to break the Olympic record, and that is not true, as I work as hard as anybody else, and I love the sport, and I want to win, just like everybody else.
If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it's a disappointment. But not too many of them own an Olympic gold medal so if I get one I'm going to be happy.
Everyone is getting prepared for this, to win the gold medal. I am among them: I want to win the medal.
Now that I have an Olympic medal in my room, it makes me hungry for another and a different color one.
I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and for the U.S. was a pretty good thing to happen, I'd say.
I definitely want to win a gold medal, that should be everybody's goal.
Everybody expects me to win the gold medal.
I really want to win a medal and would want to win gold. It's my fire and fuel, life and dream, everything.
I was able to represent my country and put on the red, white, and blue - how many people in the world get to do that? Standing on the podium with my teammates, and being the first women's gymnastics team to win this gold medal, it was life-changing!
And I want a gold medal more than anything. I just want a gold medal, so that's been pushing me forward.