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

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" 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. "

" 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 started taking gymnastic classes when I was 3 years old. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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! "

" 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 want to go to college, obviously go to London and just kind of figure out the rest of my life. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I need to learn how to face challenges. "

" People put too much emphasis on looks. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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! "

" 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 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "