I wrote the book 'Grace, Gold & Glory' because I had to overcome many challenges and hardships. I wanted to share my story to let anyone facing hardships know that your dream is still possible.

Nothing is going to change. I’m going to wear my hair like this during beam and bar finals. You might as well stop talking about it.

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

I don't like to try strange foods. I like to explore different foods, but if you ask me to eat crocodile or frogs... I'm like no. That's where I draw the line.

Believe, don’t fear, believe.

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.

I think I would go for a Michael Phelps kind of guy.