Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself.
Everyone gets scared, and everyone falls. The key is to get right back up and try again.
Face each day with the expectation of achieving good, rather than the dread of falling short.
There is always going to be a reason why you can't do something; your job is to constantly look for the reasons why you can achieve your dreams.
Gymnastics is a lot like life. You don't become an Elite gymnast by bickering and having a negative attitude. You have to be positive to get to that level.
Above all, you have to love what you are doing. You cannot fake passion. If you love it you can fight through the rough times and enjoy the good times.
Gymnastics uses every single part of your body, every little tiny muscle that you never even knew.
There are no limits on your dreams if you're willing to work for it.
When I go in to compete, whether it's gymnastics or anything else, I do my own thing. I compete with myself.
In gymnastics, the longest routine you do is a minute and a half, and that's pretty tough to get through.
Goals have to be realistic and flexible.
So if you think being thin is enough to succeed in gymnastics, you're wrong.
Gymnastics is the type of sport where you can't take something that gives you more energy. Something may be great for the vault, but then you have the bars after it and you have to be more sedate for that.
I don't believe that there's anyone in the world without a competitive bone in their body.
I think that to be a competitive athlete, you have to be goal-oriented.
There are parents, siblings, teachers and friends, but counting on them to motivate you isn't fair. They've all got their own lives, and while the may be able to help you out, if you can motivate yourself, then you're golden.
If you can't handle all the injuries and scars, choose a less demanding sport.
We typically don't choose our athletes until about a month prior to the Games because anything can happen.
And we realized that it was kind of a starting point for gymnastics, to go professional, and also to just get a lot more of the audiences in the arenas on the off years, in the years that we're not in the Olympics.
In gymnastics, you have to be perfect every step along the way.
I want to bring more gymnastics on television.
If you want to take it up a step and aim to become a competitive gymnast, you have to be mentally strong and prepared to take on the workload of going to the gym every day, rain or shine.
