As long as you've done your best, making mistakes doesn't matter. You and I are human; we will mess up. What counts is learning from your mistakes and getting back up when life has knocked you down.

I told myself after 2008 that I was done for good. But they say you can't keep a gymnast away from her sport.

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.

That's the drama of our sport. Our margin of error is so small that anything can happen.

People put too much emphasis on looks.

I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself.

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