Kelita Zupancic

With three younger brothers, we were always very competitive and combative. But my mother always says I get the drive from her.

That's why I liked judo so much right from the start - I got to beat up all the boys.

The Olympics were life-changing for me. I felt I went in as a girl and came out as a woman.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.