I feel like when there's so much conversation about women's athletics right now, we need to focus on their performance and their skill.

My coach, Liang Chow, had one rule while I was training for the 2008 Olympics: no skiing. I could do anything I wanted outside the gym, he said, except ski.

I have a healthy lifestyle, but there's nothing you can really do to prevent from rolling an ankle or something like that.

I missed being considered an athlete and having that competitive drive, and missed having something to work for every day. I'd taken two and a half years away from the sport and was out of shape. I wanted to get back to where I was in 2008.

Gymnastics has made me strong. I feel like it broke me down to my lowest point, but at the same time, it has given me the greatest strength anyone could ask for.

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

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.