This is proof that you’re only a victim if you allow yourself to be. Nothing can stop you.
—Olympic Judo champion Kayla Harrison, who’s been speaking out about the sexual abuse she endured as a teen en route to her gold medal in London. Harrison was abused by a coach beginning when she was 13. She’d never spoken about the abuse until after the Penn State/Jerry Sandusky scandal broke. “I saw a lot of things that really p–sed me off,” she says. “I decided I wasn’t going to sit around and take it anymore.” (Time)