If you want to take it up a step and aim to become a competitive gymnast, you have to be mentally strong and prepared to take on the workload of going to the gym every day, rain or shine.

In gymnastics, you have to be perfect every step along the way.

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.

Above all, you have to love what you are doing. You cannot fake passion. If you love it you can fight through the rough times and enjoy the good times.

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

There are parents, siblings, teachers and friends, but counting on them to motivate you isn't fair. They've all got their own lives, and while the may be able to help you out, if you can motivate yourself, then you're golden.

Everyone has obstacles, and you're not going to have the right answer or do the right thing every single time.