I'm coming up on 30. There are other things that I want to pursue outside of just performing.

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 want to bring more gymnastics on television.

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'm coming up on 30. There are other things that I want to pursue outside of just performing.

At an Olympics Game, you want to enjoy it, especially if you know it's going to be your last one.

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.