If it’s not televised, there’s no way Americans will know about competitive badminton. All they know is the back-yard thing.

Don Chew is the owner of the Orange County Badminton Club, the location where I train. He played badminton when he was young and always had the passion for it. He never made it at...

We do the majority of what most athletes do. For example, as a badminton player, you have to be able to run a long distance and sprint. We do weights three times a week.

Badminton in Beijing is huge – it’s one of their top three sports.

Coming in as a veteran, I’d like to finish with a gold medal.

One thing I always tell people. If you want to be gold medalist, you partner one.

When I’m on the court, I’m a follower.

Badminton is not popular in the U.S. because I think the mentality of badminton has to change.