Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason.

After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career.

It sounds funny, but the 2008 Olympics were something that just kind of happened, and I was lucky they came at a point when I was uninjured and well prepared. As a gymnast, you can't ask for much more.

In some ways the ACL tear was a blessing. I had hesitated to return to elite gymnastics after the 2008 Olympics. I told myself I had already accomplished so much, and the road was just going to get harder if I continued.

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.

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

Everybody sacrifices something in an attempt to reach what they think society wants.