Doing your best is more important than being the best.

I'm a competitor. I really enjoyed the race more than just going out and running to run.

And we realized that it was kind of a starting point for gymnastics, to go professional, and also to just get a lot more of the audiences in the arenas on the off years, in the years that we're not in the Olympics.

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

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

You have to remember that no matter how big your goals or how many you have, there are going to be times when you miss by a little bit. You have to be realistic and flexible. One reason I have so many smaller goals is that even if my big goals don't happen, I've still achieved so much along the way, I don't feel the loss.

There is always going to be a reason why you can't do something; your job is to constantly look for the reasons why you can achieve your dreams.