This is another kind of competition, but I'm being coached by an excellent team, and I've got a real strong competitive spirit.

As a young child, I played the violin. I think that that started the spark

The ultimate goal should be doing your best and enjoying it.

Then came the choreography... the impact of music and choreography tends to really emphasize an overall feeling of what you really want out of the program.

It's a level of strength and character that few of us can imagine; a grace under pressure that few of us will ever attain. It's why an Olympic gold medal would not have made us love or admire her more.

This is another kind of competition, but I'm being coached by an excellent team, and I've got a real strong competitive spirit.

I really loved what the guys were doing more than anything, how high they jumped, how effortless it was.