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

With literature, sometimes a book is presented in the media as being say, a Muslim story or an African story, when essentially it's a universal story which we can all relate to it, no matter what race or social background we come from

A comeback in gymnastics is almost impossible in itself.

Stay strong. Stand up. Have a voice.

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.

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.'

I still can't believe I'm an Olympic athlete.