Q+a Sarah Hughes

SI: Now that you're a reporter, you're finally getting a sense of what it's like to work hard at the Games, right?

Hughes: Hey, I worked hard at the last Olympics.

SI: What's the best question you've asked in your new gig?

Hughes: I was with Michael Phelps's mom, and I asked her, "What are my chances of getting a date with Michael?"

SI: What did she say?

Hughes: She said since Michael and I are friends, she didn't think dinner would be too difficult.

SI: Have you gotten a chance to interview Australian softball pitcher Tanya Harding?

Hughes: No, but one time I did interview American boxer Tonya Harding.

SI: At Yale how often did you party with the Bush daughters?

Hughes: I think this a trick question (laughs).