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

Well-I don't know if anyone would really ask me to prom.

I'm doing four hours of gymnastics training a day, six days a week and then an extra two to three hours in a fitness center as 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.

Gymnastics is so complex.

Everything for me started with my love of the sport. In society we're losing the fun with kids and pushing success on them too hard. Success comes from fun.

In some ways the ACL tear was a blessing. I had hesitated to return to elite gymnastics after the 2008 Olympics. I told myself I had already accomplished so much, and the road was just going to get harder if I continued.