Everybody sacrifices something in an attempt to reach what they think society wants.

It sounds funny, but the 2008 Olympics were something that just kind of happened, and I was lucky they came at a point when I was uninjured and well prepared. As a gymnast, you can't ask for much more.

There's always a chance. Anything can happen.

To have any doubt in your body is the biggest weakness an athlete can have. There are times when I physically can't get myself to go for a skill because I'm thinking, 'My knee hurts really bad.'

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

The body is an amazing machine... If you eat the right things your body will perform incredibly well!

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.