At the Olympics, you there to do a job. I feel you should take it seriously. You should be respectful. You are putting on the red-white-and-blue and going out there to perform for your country.

When you grow up on camera and in the public eye, you feel you have to put forth this image. I just took that to the extreme and there was a lot of pressure on me

Face each day with the expectation of achieving good, rather than the dread of falling short.

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.

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.

Gymnastics uses every single part of your body, every little tiny muscle that you never even knew.

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.