I'm a typical college girl; I love to shop and gossip with my roommates about boys and whatnot.

I'm not the kind of girl who breaks down in public.

Beijing didn't go the way I planned and I would have liked to have performed a little bit better personally. After Beijing that is what stuck in my mind. I want a better Olympic finish.

And I want a gold medal more than anything. I just want a gold medal, so that's been pushing me forward.

I literally tried every sport and was miserable. Soccer couldn't hold my attention. I couldn't figure skate. I'm afraid to swim. So I did dance for five years. It came a time where I was getting a little bit bored with it.

I really want to go back to school and finish up my sociology degree.

I got a custom-made silk dress from a Chinese tailor for really cheap. I sketched it out on a piece of paper, and they took my measurements and made the dress for me in a day!