鈥淪he hopes that completing her education will lead her to her 鈥榥ext passion,鈥 which often poses a bigger challenge for an Olympian than any competition,鈥 writes ESPN鈥檚 Bonnie Ford.
鈥淚 have this dream of what I ultimately want my life to be like, and it involves a lot of quaint activities like cooking and canoeing and camping and hiking,鈥 Kearney tells ESPN. 鈥淣one of those seem very profitable, so I don鈥檛 have a plan for how I鈥檓 going to support myself before I get to that point. The very simplest things in life make me the happiest. But I鈥檓 not quite ready to transition to that mode completely. I should probably try to get a few nights of sleep before I decide whether my athletic career is over.鈥
, published 2/9/14 by ESPN.