I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad.

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

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

Everything for me started with my love of the sport. In society we're losing the fun with kids and pushing success on them too hard. Success comes from fun.

Gymnastics is not only a good thing to live by, but it is important to understand how it does help you in life.

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.

I had surgery to repair the ACL in February 2010 and was back in the gym by June, but rushed things too quickly and ended up re-tearing my MCL in September.