She claims that personal tragedy and hardship provide essential fuel for one's life, driving an urgent need to live authentically.

“it is it is Peter's last heartbeat you know at that moment that moment I I it just changed the way I look at life I just don't want to get there not having lived exactly the life that I want”

Losing is a vital part of the growth process that helps athletes eventually achieve victory.

“He's kind of teaching me that, you know, that you must learn how to lose before you can learn how to win, which is a tattoo I have, which I think is so important because understanding the feeling of losing as an athlete is the hardest thing, you know, to kind of understand and swallow.”