Stay strong. Stand up. Have a voice.

Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected.

It might have been easier to retire, to say my knee couldn't handle it and let that be that. At the same time, the prospect of not being able to compete in gymnastics anymore was heartbreaking.

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

I fell in love with gymnastics. I love what I do now. I work with people that I love to be around. Success comes from that.

I always feel like I'm the young one, I'm the small one.

I had a constant fear, a constant little doubt in my mind: 'OK, I'm getting ready to do my standing back full on beam and I might re-tear my ACL.'