In 2008 I didn't take it all in enough. I was so wrapped up in just the competition that I missed what was going on around me. If I am given that opportunity again to go to the Olympics and be an athlete I want to take it all in because I feel like this is my last shot and I want to feel the team spirit. I want to really live and breathe the USA.

When it comes to gymnastics, you can be 30 points ahead going into that competition, but on that day, it's all about luck. It's about who has a good day, who stays healthy, it's how happy the judges are that day, there are so many different factors.

To finish off this whole Olympics by finally getting the gold medal, it's the best feeling in the world.

I always feel like I'm the young one, I'm the small one.

Image isn't everything, It's what comes from your heart, and what you learn and what you say and how you act that means more than anything.

I pay attention to my diet to be a healthier gymnast, but I'm not obsessive over it.

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