"Imposter syndrome river running through your head is really an exercise in humility. It's an exercise in transparency. And you got to think about where it's coming from, because usually it's not coming from your spouse. It's coming from your own expectations, or your own lived experience and your own insecurities. Like big time, because it exposed a lot of my insecurities."

"One truth about being married to an athlete that people don't necessarily talk enough about is that you are literally living their career with them. And when you get married, the two shall become one. And so me watching you meander through your career way up until the time that you retired was an emotional roller coaster that I didn't know that I was signing up for."

"Resentment will have you in a chokehold because it's essentially... I like to think of resentment as love with no place to go. It's like I have these expectations, I love you, and I need this thing from you and you're not giving it to me. My love doesn't have anywhere to go, I want to give it to you. And when your love doesn't have anywhere to go, you got maximum toxicity."

"For example, I learned that I have an anxious attachment style, and so when I feel like there's friction between us, I'm like, 'Baby, let's talk about it.' Like, I just really want to... She was ready to go, where I was avoidant. So when she wanted to attach, I would avoid. So you can only imagine how much friction that caused. And it's a learned behavior, for good or for bad."