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" I get less and less sleep these days, so when I have any down time all I want to do is sleep! "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" I fell in love with running, and I finally have time to do it now. "

" In some ways the ACL tear was a blessing. I had hesitated to return to elite gymnastics after the 2008 Olympics. I told myself I had already accomplished so much, and the road was just going to get harder if I continued. "

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

" To have any doubt in your body is the biggest weakness an athlete can have. There are times when I physically can't get myself to go for a skill because I'm thinking, 'My knee hurts really bad.' "

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

" I have a chaperone everywhere I go - my mom. "

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

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

" I usually work out 4 hours a day during the week and 5 to 6 hours on Saturday, with Sundays off. "

" 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. "

" Stay strong. Stand up. Have a voice. "

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

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

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

" 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! "

" 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. "

" My other life keeps me calm and grounded and normal. "

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

" Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold. "

" I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy. "

" I've never had a teammate competing with me my whole life. "

" People put too much emphasis on looks. "

" I know how much more I need to do to be where I want. "

" My coach, Liang Chow, had one rule while I was training for the 2008 Olympics: no skiing. I could do anything I wanted outside the gym, he said, except ski. "

" I always feel like I'm the young one, I'm the small one. "