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.

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

There are no limits on your dreams if you're willing to work for it.

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.

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.

I don't think I have the mileage on me to really complain of any injuries yet.

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