Elana Meyers Taylor Quotes
born 1984 United States
Elana Meyers Taylor (born Elana Alessandra Meyers; October 10, 1984) is an American Olympic bobsledder who has competed since 2007.
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I’m pretty sure there are still some people who don’t want to see this happening, But it’s happening.
The world is going to tell you that you can’t, and you have to find a way to say you can, anyways.
Today I will tell Nico that his mom fought hard, and she did everything she could to bring this medal home to him.
I don’t want any woman to have to choose between a family and having an athletic career.
I think the biggest thing is I just wanted another opportunity to compete. Men have had two disciplines forever, two opportunities to win an Olympic medal where we’ve just been relegated to one.
The position down the track is all technique, all driving skill, that’s where I hope to pick up most of the time. At the start the push is very important, it is the only accelerator in our sport, but at the same time you can make up time from a poor start.
The way everyone was acting it was like they were shocked that a woman could drive a sled. Still internationally there’s some resistance.
In my opinion, we will really reach equity in sports when a woman can come back from having a baby and completely fail, and fall on her face – and that’s completely OK.
This is definitely the most difficult medal I've ever earned,It's definitely been the hardest journey to get here. I am so excited to take this medal back to my son at the hotel.