It's been strange and weird watching the other girls at the U.S. Olympic trials just because I was training to be out there myself.

I think about my goals. There were a lot of times in gymnastics when I really didn't want to go in and train, but you can't make it to the Olympics if you don't train!

Stay strong. Stand up. Have a voice.

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

I know how much more I need to do to be where I want.

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

Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason. Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected. And those wouldn't have happened had I not accepted my injury as a way to try something new.