33 Quotes by Diana Lopez

I don't really worry too much about what people say. I guess it's good that people talk about me.

When he was eighteen, my dad went off to college to become an architect.

It was natural for me to go to local tournaments with my mother and watch my brothers compete and sometimes be left with my mom at home while my dad would take my brothers away to different tournaments and competitions. So I started doing everything they did.

Before we came along, it would be like, 'Yes, thank God, we have the U.S. as our first fight.' Now it's like, 'Uh-oh, we have a Lopez in our division.'

Every first Friday, my father would go to confession, and he took very seriously the faith he would someday transmit to us.

Because of my mom's compassion, direction, and knowledge, she gives me that extra push to be the best person I can be.

Not only are we like the epitome of the American dream, we've been successful at the sport for so long that we know the Lopez name will always be part of the taekwondo world.

My mother was the oldest of nine children, five boys and four girls, so she had experience sharing responsibility for a large, sometimes loud group of kids.

Win or lose, I'm going to leave everything on the mat. That's what gold medalists do.