We, if we were to choose, would rather have home grown talent that is trained through the grassroots, through the elite level, than an Olympian.

A lot of new events that have come from the X Games, we excel in.

The thing about the Paralympics is, they're not only incredible athletes, but all of them have been through some sort of tragedy, whether it's from an accident, an illness or even a military injury.

He was brought to the hospital for further observation and to see what next steps might be taken.

At first, it was more of a grass-roots operation. What I see, and this is my opinion in the way the organization is now running, is that we will increase money being given directly to athletes.

We've had more success in more areas, by far, than we've ever had before going into these games. We're prepared.