You ask any person in the U.S. and they know who Mary Lou Retton is.

Today, I find inspiration in music, art, traveling the world, and meeting new people.

I've had to make really big decisions, knowing the results were not always in my control. Through these moments, I've learned to be daring and take risks but understand that everything always happens for a reason.

At the 2012 Olympic Trials, I wanted to make a second Olympic team. I fell face first, and in a blink of an eye, my dreams of competing in a second Olympics were over. Even so, I got up, finished my routine, and saw twenty thousand people cheering. It was my first standing ovation.

You ask any person in the U.S. and they know who Mary Lou Retton is.

I'm just trying to really take it one day at a time, because for me - and I know this sounds cliche, whatever - I achieved my ultimate goal, and nothing can really top that, you know?

I knew that life isn't always just about the Olympic gold medals and the sponsors.