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

I'm doing four hours of gymnastics training a day, six days a week and then an extra two to three hours in a fitness center as well.

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.

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

A comeback in gymnastics is almost impossible in itself.

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

My other life keeps me calm and grounded and normal.