My coach, Liang Chow, had one rule while I was training for the 2008 Olympics: no skiing. I could do anything I wanted outside the gym, he said, except ski.
After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career.
If you lose the nerves, you lose the sport.
I don't want to be all power and muscle.
I was under pressure because of what people were saying about my physique.
My approach to gymnastics in Beijing was heavily based on the amount of difficulty I could do.