Ronda Rousey, US judo

This may be a few days late but I got a bronze medal in the Olympics! I also have three full days as a vegan under my belt! Oh! And apparently I'm in a commercial and on a post card!

The night before Sayaka and I were up talking till about 11pm about the Olympics and winning and losing and judo in general. Just elaborating on things I've talked about here before.

Like the Olympics being more about the movement than the competition and how stressing about, "Oh my God I have to win!" doesn't accomplish anything. And it's rare that I sleep well the night before a competition, so I really believe my new "come what may" attitude had something to do with it.

I realized the days I've fought above myself were the days that I didn't care about how I placed and didn't stress at all.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=66/blog/postid=223009.html#i+bronze

(China Daily 08/18/2008 page27)