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

Gymnastics is not only a good thing to live by, but it is important to understand how it does help you in life.

I had surgery to repair the ACL in February 2010 and was back in the gym by June, but rushed things too quickly and ended up re-tearing my MCL in September.

Critique the performance, and respect the hard work put in.

That's the drama of our sport. Our margin of error is so small that anything can happen.

A comeback in gymnastics is almost impossible in itself.

I've never had a teammate competing with me my whole life.