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" To finish off this whole Olympics by finally getting the gold medal, it's the best feeling in the world. "

" My parents- they've been my biggest influences and supporters since day one. They teach me every day that happiness comes from within and not from something outside of your heart. "

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

" I have a lot of expectations and a lot of goals I want to fulfill, but the biggest dream is still to make the Olympic team for London. "

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

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

" 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 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! "

" 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.' "

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

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

" 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 was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad. "

" I missed being considered an athlete and having that competitive drive, and missed having something to work for every day. I'd taken two and a half years away from the sport and was out of shape. I wanted to get back to where I was in 2008. "

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

" When I was 3 my parents put me in gymnastics because I was a bundle of energy and they just didn't know what to do with me! They put me in a Tots class and I just fell in love with it. "

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

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

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

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

" 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 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. "

" The body is an amazing machine... If you eat the right things your body will perform incredibly well! "

" 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. "

" Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about. "

" I had a constant fear, a constant little doubt in my mind: 'OK, I'm getting ready to do my standing back full on beam and I might re-tear my ACL.' "

" I have a healthy lifestyle, but there's nothing you can really do to prevent from rolling an ankle or something like that. "

" I'm pleased to say my knee feels a lot better. It's still not back to normal, and I don't know if it ever will be, but I'm learning to deal with it instead of expecting it to be like it was before. "