I was blessed to be the first female athlete to win a World Cup medal for the USA in the sport of skeleton when I took the silver medal in the 2000 World Cup in Lillehammer. I went on to win four more World Cup medals and an Olympic silver medal during my short sliding … Read more

We’re not on Team USA, we’re on Team Jesus Christ. You’re never going to get cut from that team! It’s amazing — if I’m burdened, sad, struggling or want to rejoice, I have my teammates. If we are in a game, all I have to do is look to my left or right and my teammates … Read more

It’s impossible to describe how it feels to win the World Cup. It’s unbelievable! Just participating in the tournament is one thing. Being a starter is another. But to play in all six games and then to win the final goes beyond anything I imagined. To give you a sense of how emotional it was … Read more

Many may think winning the gold medal as a member of the 1980 Olympic “Miracle on Ice” hockey team would be the greatest moment of my life. While it was an amazing experience, my most significant moment came in 1986 while playing for the New Jersey Devils. That was when I came to understand what … Read more

Some people don’t realize how much frustration there is in motor racing, and not just in the mistakes you make as the athlete. When I started motor racing, there was a high life-risk; every time you went into the car you knew you could die because the track was dangerous, the car was dangerous, and … Read more

I am passionate about ice hockey. I started to play ice hockey when I was four years old and right away I loved it. One night, when I was about eight years old, I dreamt that I would be participating in the Olympic Games. My dream was so clear and so strong; I could see … Read more

Ice hockey has been a passion of mine for a long time now and a big part of my life. When the 2014 Sochi Olympics was only weeks away, I was seeing my lifelong dream of competing as an Olympian come true! But my career as an athlete is not what defines me. I’ve found … Read more

Motor racing is a sport full of adversity. We can have mechanical failure or a crash where someone else runs into you. Having the name of Jesus on our car doesn’t mean that we don’t face adversity. That’s one of the greatest challenges for those around us who don’t know Jesus, they don’t understand why … Read more

When you move to high-performance sports, winning is so important and losing is so bad. It makes a huge difference in your life. To give you an example, at the British Grand Prix in 1977, I was two seconds slower than James Hunt, that put me out of the race. Between James Hunt and me, … Read more

Before knowing Christ, I was very vulnerable. I wasn’t a person who was secure about what they were doing. Since coming to know and accept Jesus into my life, my life changed. And it didn’t just changed spiritually, but athletically as well.    Jesus filled me with conviction. He made me grow more as a … Read more