American - Athlete | March 2, 1984 -
I'd always loved sports, and the Olympics were something I thought about often as a kid, but those dreams felt like a lifetime ago.
Lauren Gibbs
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I love when things don't go to plan.
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It is amazing how many thoughts can race through your head in a minute.
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One of the most common misconceptions about Olympic sports is that they only happen at the Olympics.
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It is funny, the things you miss about a more conventional lifestyle. I miss seemingly mundane tasks, like cleaning the kitchen, moving my furniture around to achieve just the right look, and checking the mailbox. I miss making my bed in the morning before work.
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I grew up thinking that corporate America was my destination. Then I got there, and I was making the money I wanted to make, but I just wasn't happy.
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Every day, I put on a suit, and I felt like I was playing dress-up in my mum's closet. It just wasn't right.
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I've always been a risk taker. When I told my mum I was quitting my job to be a bobsledder, she wasn't surprised.
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I'm a volleyball player, so I like Lycra and Spandex.
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When I graduated from college, I was told I could do great things and be great, but I didn't know what that meant and what it would feel like and the work that it would take.
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I went to a good school, played sports; things came relatively easy for me. Whenever I would get faced with adversity, I would always go do something else.
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Bobsled is the first time I decided, win, lose, or draw, I was all-in for all four years. I figured if I was going to step away from a very lucrative career, I owed it to myself and my family to see this through to the very end.
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