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.'

Well-I don't know if anyone would really ask me to prom.

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

Stay strong. Stand up. Have a voice.

To have any doubt in your body is the biggest weakness an athlete can have. There are times when I physically can't get myself to go for a skill because I'm thinking, 'My knee hurts really bad.'

Were taught at such a young age that you can always be better and that youre never perfect and that youre never good enough.

I was able to do Classics, the U.S. national championships and the Pan American Games and feel like I improved with each meet, but I was still struggling with a lot of residual pain from the two surgeries.