It's very tough for me to focus. I'm like: 'Look, something shiny! No, focus. Oh, there goes a butterfly!'

I was just, you know, kind of getting racist jokes, kind of being isolated from the group. So it was definitely hard. I would come home at night and just cry my eyes out.

For me going down in history being the first black American to win the gold, I think more colored people are going to start coming to the gymnastics world and say 'okay, anything is possible. If Gabby did it, then I can do it too.'

The hard work definitely paid off and hard work always does.

I give myself a pep talk and visualize the routine. I tell myself: "I can do this, let's go!"

I like squirrels. Theyre so adventurous.

Sacrifices are not in vain. At the end, everything will pay off.