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

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.

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.

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

I started from zero and went back to the basics in gymnastics.

Stay strong. Stand up. Have a voice.

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.'