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

I missed being considered an athlete and having that competitive drive, and missed having something to work for every day. I'd taken two and a half years away from the sport and was out of shape. I wanted to get back to where I was in 2008.

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

If you lose the nerves, you lose the sport.

It's been strange and weird watching the other girls at the U.S. Olympic trials just because I was training to be out there myself.

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

I told myself after 2008 that I was done for good. But they say you can't keep a gymnast away from her sport.