Transcript

Everyone has their own reasons for tattoos.

You might like it, you might not like it.

With me, I would do it all over again.

(upbeat music)

I got my first tattoo right before the 2012 Olympics.

It's actually inside my arm.

It was kind of special to me since it was

actually in London, my hometown.

I actually got from London to London on top of it.

It's kind of the first one.

It's been a long road since.

I think especially someone that's also

in my sport it's very rare to see a tattoo.

I think, for me, it's cooler to kind of see me

from the outsider's perspective.

I kind of look like everyone else

until I obviously take off my mask.

Then, I kind of take off my jacket,

and I'm just a whole different person.

This is kind of what I live my life by.

Which means create a legacy, not a moment.

And actually, my mom sees this actually,

it's in the Malawian flag which is where she was born.

Here you go, mom.

This is actually the Statue of Liberty.

But it's kind of drawn in a sexier kind of way.

This is actually the first thing I saw

when I moved to America on the plane.

Back in London, they don't really know what that is.

Oh, some one kind of holding something up.

That's pretty cool.

Moving to America kind of changed my life.

That's kind of one reason why I got that.

Then, on the backside of it, you have

my actual version of Statue of Liberty,

which is Big Ben.

You know what, I won't forget about my roots.

I'm going to get Big Ben.

It's just kind of an iconic piece of British heritage.

Kevin and Kim did a sick job with this one.

Made it super real.

So, then I was like

get this bad boy, if you can tell what this is.

They kind of just work perfectly together.

They kind of fit in perfectly.

I was done with that.

Then I was like, Cool, I'm done.

Then I lied to myself again.

Then I got this one which means the mind is everything.

I got that as well.

Then, symmetrically I needed to get on this side.

So then I got, You must learn how to lose

before you can learn how to win.

That one down here kind of hurt a little bit.

This is something I won't touch.

I thought about it, and I'm not going to touch it.

I worked too hard on my abs.