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" I didn't get the high school opportunity, but it always worked out. "

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" I'm not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps. "

" You can still be very good at what you do and have fun. "

" Stay healthy, have fun with it, and embrace all the moments. Because anything can happen. "

" I never felt I had questions or needed answers or had a part of me that was missing. "

" As a kid growing up, I was never like, 'I want to go to the Olympics,' so having to pass on 2012 because I was too young didn't bother me at all. "

" It hurts my head, but it's fine because it's something I do every day. You can't avoid the gymnastics questions. "

" I have dual citizenship. "

" I always say my biggest competitor is myself because, whenever I step out there on the mat, I'm competing against myself to prove that I can do this and that I am very well trained, prepared for it. "

" We all have skills, I guess. "

" I am like any typical teenager. "

" They're like, 'Oh, you did a...' and I'm like, 'I did a what?' No, I flipped twice. I twisted twice. They go, 'It's called a...' and I'm like, 'Why do I need to know that? I just need to go and do that.' "

" I'm always trying to push myself to the limit to see what I can do. It's my strong will that I've always had since I was a kid. "

" I didn't really ever dream of going to the Olympics until after 2012. "

" Everything is possible at any one competition. "

" It's amazing that I can inspire little kids to know that you can be short or tall, and your body type doesn't matter because you can do anything. "

" A successful competition for me is always going out there and putting 100 percent into whatever I'm doing. It's not always winning. People, I think, mistake that it's just winning. Sometimes it could be, but for me, it's hitting the best sets I can, gaining confidence, and having a good time and having fun. "

" The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress. "

" I can only control what I do when I go compete. "

" I make breakfast, which is usually Kellogg's Red Berries or egg whites, and then I go to the gym that's only 10 minutes away. "

" You can't get too caught up in yourself. "

" Sometimes I hear the crowd cheering, and most of the time your body's on auto pilot, so sometimes even after I do a floor routine, I'm like, 'Did I really just do that?' "

" I just keep surprising myself, I guess. "

" I guess I just have really tough skin. "

" I think I'm teaching my teammates that they can still be successful while having fun and enjoying the moment rather than being a stone cold brick. "

" We strive for greatness. "

" I tune it all out because if I let other people's stress get to me, then I stress myself out more than I need to. "

" It was a very long and hard decision. My dad kept telling me, 'You can always go to college, but you can't always go pro.' That made sense to me. "

" I would say to always follow your dream. And dream big because my whole career, including any of the things that I've accomplished, I never thought in a million years that I would be here. So it just proves that once you believe in yourself, and you put your mind to something, you can do it. "