Vonetta Flowers
Vonetta Flowers
Vonetta Flowersis an American bobsledder and athlete...
felt mountain thrown trash
I felt like I was thrown down a mountain in a trash can.
choked proud talking
I'm about to get choked up talking about it. It was very emotional. I was very, very proud to be an American.
blessed excited grandkids history honored reading truly
I truly feel blessed and honored to have that title. I'm really excited that my grandkids will be reading about me in history books.
emotional talk trying
He's more vocal. We get very emotional because he is trying to talk to us. We're very encouraged.
days excellent few home last runs track training united united-states
It was different in 2002 because we were in the United States. It was our home track and we had been training on that track for years. But I think we've been having some excellent runs these last few days so I'm ready. I think we are going to do really well.
surgery
Without that, the surgery would not have been possible.
along athlete athletics becoming cameras chance downs emotional entire experience games gives illustrate journey leading lives missed online outside road share stories ups viewers
There are so many emotional stories in our lives that the cameras missed outside of the competition, which viewers never got to see. This online 'scrap book' gives us a chance to share the entire journey leading up to, and during the Games to really illustrate the ups and downs an athlete and their mom's experience along the road to becoming a U.S. Olympian.
hearing reach
When they tell him to do something he doesn't want to do, he'll reach up and take off his hearing aid.