Melanie Roach Quotes

Weight lifting is the easiest part of my day.

I’ve been a pretty selfish mom and a very unselfish athlete for about three years now and it’s time to put my family first. It’s probably time to move on.

I’m looking forward to being a mom and a wife and a business owner.

I’d like my children to learn that anything is possible if you put your mind to it, and that when you make a decision to do something like pursuing the Olympics, like I have, it needs to be a family affair.

I think I was a pretty selfish athlete.

I really feel like that concept of enjoying the now and not worrying about the future is what my coach has been trying to teach me for 14 years – and that is what has made me such a different athlete 10 years later, and that is what has made me strong enough mentally to make this Olympic team.