People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating.

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.

Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason. Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected. And those wouldn't have happened had I not accepted my injury as a way to try something new.

My approach to gymnastics in Beijing was heavily based on the amount of difficulty I could do.

Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold.

I know how much more I need to do to be where I want.

Everybody sacrifices something in an attempt to reach what they think society wants.