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" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" I pay attention to my diet to be a healthier gymnast, but I'm not obsessive over it. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "

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

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

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

" I need to learn how to face challenges. "

" 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. "

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

" Every year I just kept going back to gymnastics, but I didn't start out training 10 hours a day. When I turned 10 or 11, I got more serious and I focused a lot on making it to the elite level, and from there I just kept going. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating. "