Gymnastics is a lot like life. You don't become an Elite gymnast by bickering and having a negative attitude. You have to be positive to get to that level.

Everyone gets scared, and everyone falls. The key is to get right back up and try again.

It's important to have a plan, a big picture. You can deviate from it or change it completely, but it gives you something to work for.

Gymnastics is the type of sport where you can't take something that gives you more energy. Something may be great for the vault, but then you have the bars after it and you have to be more sedate for that.

I thought about running a marathon a long time ago, but I'm just not a runner.

When I go in to compete, whether it's gymnastics or anything else, I do my own thing. I compete with myself.

Charles Barkley, I used to watch him growing up. Then I met him. He was a big teddy bear.