It's definitely important to have your mom and family there to back you up and cheering from the stands.

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

Gymnastics does take great focus and concentration. What I do is look to my coach. He keeps me focused. And I meditate to get myself confident before the competition floor. That helps keep me focused, too.

I like to hike and play with my dogs and spend time with my family. We go out to family dinners a lot.

I googled 'Gabby Douglas,' and all these things popped up like 'Gabby Douglas makes history!' And 'She's the champion!'

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.

It's definitely important to have your mom and family there to back you up and cheering from the stands.