Rachel Fattal is looking for another gold medal with the US women's water polo team

My swim coach was a water polo coach and used to throw in balls after practice. And so I started by floating on the ball and then I was only like 6 and back then there weren't like different sized balls. So I had a men's ball balanced against my head with my hand because I couldn't actually hold it in my hand. So I was like this number 4 Rachel to talk. Rachel is vital to me. She is one of the most important players to the game of water polo. My family obviously knows water polo very well and sees the little details and knows that the little details are what wins games, the little details are what wins championships. And their favorite player is Rachel Vittal. She's just this unsung hero who's one of the most talented players ever to play the game and play. In my mind, that's a testament to her level fitness, her effort. There's not been a player in this program that has worked harder than Rachel Fattal Barnett. I mean, she's a workhorse. She leads by what she does every single day. And for me, I think we should all appreciate them even a little bit more. I think I just want to be the best that I can be for the team, wherever the team needs me. So if the team needs me to score more goals, hopefully I can do that that day. Or if the team needs me to pass more or do whatever, like I want to be able to be my best for the team on any given day. So that's, that's always my goal. So this team who struggles at times to kind of find that competitive edge or maybe that attention to detail that is so important for for teams and athletes to have success. It's crucial to have a leader like Rachel who's really displaying those things on literally a daily basis in a consistent manner. And without her, we would have no chance moving forward.