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" Due to my love for 'Harry Potter,' I have to say my celebrity crush is Emma Watson and my Olympic crush is Gracie Gold. "
Celebrity
Crush
Say
" 'Finding Dory' just stole my heart. Little Dory was the most adorable thing in the entire world, and Ellen DeGeneres killed the game. I liked the flashbacks to the past - it gave you a bit more perspective and appreciation for certain characters. "
Heart
Perspective
Past
" Gymnastics gives you the abs. It's not like I sit there doing like a thousand crunches before every practice or something like that. "
Before
You
Sit
" I bought a Fitbit, actually, and I just thought it was going to be an awesome way to track how I live and move and burn calories, but with gymnastics, it was a total waste of money because it's more based off how you walk and not how you flip. "
Thought
Awesome
You
" If I could go back in time and see anyone perform, it would have to be Bob Marley. "
See
Time
If I Could
" If you want to be the best gymnast in the world, you have to love the moment. Every single moment that you are competing. Every skill, you have to be showing it off. If you aren't showing it off, what are you doing? "
Moment
World
You
" I got a degree in psychology at the University of Michigan and can most definitely sing the greatest college fight song of all time. "
College
University
Time
" I keep joking with my teammates that Nickelback should be our walkout song. I think everyone secretly likes at least one song. "
Everyone
Think
Teammates
" I know everyone has Olympic dreams, but if you really think about it, you just don't want to go to the Olympics. You want to be a gold medalist at the Olympic Games. "
Know
Gold
Dreams
" I like to be in control of my own athleticism. If I win, I don't want it to be because of my lucky underwear, you know? I want it to be because I put forth the work. "
Control
My Own
You
" I listen to music that doesn't have words. I love Kygo - he's tropical house, and that's my stuff! "
Music
Words
Stuff
" I'm a California kid, so I love the beach. "
California
Love
I Love
" I started re-reading 'Harry Potter' just to throw myself back into my childhood. I forgot how awesome the books are. "
Myself
Back
Books
" I think everyone envisions what their life would be like if they were to live in this post-apocalyptic world. I love the idea of fighting every day to live, because it kind of applies to gymnastics; I feel like every day I need to be in control and focused and stay on edge. "
Day
Think
Love
" I watched 'Apollo 13,' and it, like, absolutely freaked me out. I was terrified. I didn't want to go to space because I thought it was imminent death. "
Me
Space
Thought
" Learning how to compete is one of the most important things that an athlete can do. You can train as well as you possibly can and go compete and completely choke. "
Learning
Important
Athlete
" My best event is probably... it actually varies day by day. But the high bar - it's the most fun for me. A lot of people like it. It's risky and dangerous. I like the adrenaline rush. "
Dangerous
Best
Fun
" My most prized possession is my pillow. I can't travel or sleep without it. And it's, like, this really thin down pillow that really doesn't do anything, but it's weird: if I don't have it, I'm constantly thinking about not having it. "
Thinking
Travel
Down
" My parents met during their time at Cal Berkeley while they were both on the gymnastics team. Due to their intense gymnastics background, I started doing 'Mommy and Me' classes when I was 2 years old. "
Parents
Doing
Me
" Pommel horse is probably the most nerve-wracking because it's one of the events that is easiest to fall off, and then you lose the momentum of the whole routine. "
Off
Fall
Routine
" Some aspects of gymnastics don't really get that much attention, and when you have people send you letters, it makes you feel important and gives you a sense of purpose so you can go out and train hard because you want to perform well. "
Purpose
People
Important
" Teamwork. That's the biggest lesson you can learn from competing in NCAA gymnastics. Everyone just has to work together, you have to trust in everyone, and everyone has to push you to become the gymnast you want to be. "
You
Together
Trust
" The first time I won a medal in the all-around competition is when I realized that's what I wanted to do pretty much for the rest of my life. Even though I was still doing baseball and soccer at the time, I think I just found that that was more my passion, where I saw a lot more success... I was probably eight or nine years old. "
Life
Baseball
Passion
" The No. 1 place I've visited so far was Antwerp, Belgium. That was one of the coolest cities I've ever seen. Every day I woke up, I felt like I was in a movie. "
Place
Woke
Day
" With how much stress I have every day in the gym, you need a little time to get out and just be whoever you want to be. "
Gym
Day
Stress
" You can freak when you are at the Olympic Games. There are millions of cameras. Everyone is watching every move. Some people will trip where they would never trip in a routine. It's the small thing that nerves really bring out in people. "
Small
Some People
People
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