I was able to do Classics, the U.S. national championships and the Pan American Games and feel like I improved with each meet, but I was still struggling with a lot of residual pain from the two surgeries.

Were taught at such a young age that you can always be better and that youre never perfect and that youre never good enough.

I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy.

Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about.

Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold.

I still can't believe I'm an Olympic athlete.

It's nearly every country's tactic to keep their greatest competitors a secret.