I was always known as that stocky, muscular, powerful, short, athlete. People always wondered if I was on steroids, and it was because I wasn't that long and lean, flexible, artistic gymnast. It didn't affect me too much but it got to the point where I tried to be that long and lean gymnast, and it just wasn't possible.

Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about.

People put too much emphasis on looks.

If you lose the nerves, you lose the sport.

I started from zero and went back to the basics in gymnastics.

I don't want to be all power and muscle.

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.'