Charles Barkley was a big teddy bear.

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 think it's really important to look at the big picture instead of just one competition

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.

In gymnastics, the longest routine you do is a minute and a half, and that's pretty tough to get through.

Go into the sport because you have fun doing it, not because of 'what ifs' and dreams of gold medals. That way, no matter what happens, you win.

I was always athletic and I could do a lot of things