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" Gymnastics taught me everything - life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect. "

" I still can't believe I'm an Olympic athlete. "

" Staying healthy and consistent is paramount. "

" I had surgery to repair the ACL in February 2010 and was back in the gym by June, but rushed things too quickly and ended up re-tearing my MCL in September. "

" It's about putting in the hours and going through the paces. "

" It's been strange and weird watching the other girls at the U.S. Olympic trials just because I was training to be out there myself. "

" People put too much emphasis on looks. "

" Injury taught me I need to learn how to face challenges. "

" I didn't make it a priority, and as a result my knee didn't heal to the extent it should have. "

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

" It sounds funny, but the 2008 Olympics were something that just kind of happened, and I was lucky they came at a point when I was uninjured and well prepared. As a gymnast, you can't ask for much more. "

" 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. "

" I love lean meats like chicken, turkey. I'm obsessed with sushi and fish in general. I eat a lot of veggies and hummus. "

" A typical practice consists of practicing every event for about an hour. A lot of people assume I have private coaching, but I work out with 13 other girls at the gym! "

" A comeback in gymnastics is almost impossible in itself. "

" We're taught at such a young age that you can always be better and that you're never perfect and that you're never good enough. "

" After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career. "

" My knee is almost back to normal. I am back in training. "

" I was able to do Classics, the U.S. national championships and the Pan American Games and feel like I improved with each meet, but I was still struggling with a lot of residual pain from the two surgeries. "

" I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself. "

" When I was younger, my coach, Liang Chow, made all the decisions. I would go to the gym for practice, do exactly what Chow told me to do, go home, come back and start all over again. If Chow told me to do 50 squat jumps, I did 50 squat jumps. "

" I told myself after 2008 that I was done for good. But they say you can't keep a gymnast away from her sport. "

" I don't want to be all power and muscle. "

" I don't know where I'm really going to cha cha, but hopefully I can find a place. "

" It might have been easier to retire, to say my knee couldn't handle it and let that be that. At the same time, the prospect of not being able to compete in gymnastics anymore was heartbreaking. "

" 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. "

" I live for Pilates reformer class. I go at least three times a week. It's a great way to lengthen your muscles, stretch, and kind of relax your mind. "

" 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 think about my goals. There were a lot of times in gymnastics when I really didn't want to go in and train, but you can't make it to the Olympics if you don't train! "

" I don't feel like a star; I never have. I don't feel like a star; I never have. I always feel like I'm the young one, I'm the small one. I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself. "