When it comes to gymnastics, you can be 30 points ahead going into that competition, but on that day, it's all about luck. It's about who has a good day, who stays healthy, it's how happy the judges are that day, there are so many different factors.

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.

I have a chaperone everywhere I go - my mom.

Critique the performance, and respect the hard work put in.

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

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

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