I pay attention to my diet to be a healthier gymnast, but I'm not obsessive over it.

Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected.

In 2008 I didn't take it all in enough. I was so wrapped up in just the competition that I missed what was going on around me. If I am given that opportunity again to go to the Olympics and be an athlete I want to take it all in because I feel like this is my last shot and I want to feel the team spirit. I want to really live and breathe the USA.

When it comes to gymnastics, you can be 30 points ahead going into that competition, but on that day, it's all about luck. It's about who has a good day, who stays healthy, it's how happy the judges are that day, there are so many different factors.

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

I was always trying to be leaner and thinner to fit the standard and the mold.

I always feel like I'm the young one, I'm the small one.