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

It's nearly every country's tactic to keep their greatest competitors a secret.

Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected.

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.

When I was younger, my coach, Liang Chow, made all the decisions. I would go to the gym for practice, do exactly what Chow told me to do, go home, come back and start all over again. If Chow told me to do 50 squat jumps, I did 50 squat jumps.

Stay strong. Stand up. Have a voice.

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