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

With literature, sometimes a book is presented in the media as being say, a Muslim story or an African story, when essentially it's a universal story which we can all relate to it, no matter what race or social background we come from

I get less and less sleep these days, so when I have any down time all I want to do is sleep!

Gymnastics is so complex.

I think it's important for girls at a young age to be involved in as many things as possible. Especially safe communities of people that teach them great life lessons like self-confidence and courage. And getting girls to go to camp especially in the summer where they can meet new friends, learn new things, and not just sit at home and watch TV.

Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold.

I don't call them sacrifices. I call them exchanges.