Don't look at the big picture as the only achievement. Start with set, smart goals and work up to something bigger.

Staying humble has always been really important to me, and always being proud of what you're representing.

I think breakfast is really important to get a great start to the day, so I can have enough energy to train and everything.

I usually balance school by doing online classes and regular classes - that has helped me a lot, and I'm able to get my schoolwork done while I'm traveling too.

To have this gold medal around my neck is an indescribable feeling. I'm the happiest person right now.

I feel I have proved myself just as much as everybody else does. I usually don't think about the past too much. I just try to perform the routines I have been practicing.

I like experimenting with different color lip glosses and lipsticks and things like that.

It was so much fun being in the Olympic Village and meeting all the athletes.

You Can Not Run From Destiny

Hate never can win a heart, Only love can do that.

One thing I've learned about the Marvel universe is that it's a little bit like God... if you want to make him laugh, just make a plan.

Angelo Badalamenti brought me into the world of music and that's really what gave me permission to get into it even though I'm not a musician. It's just an intuitive thing for me.

We would like to believe that we are not in the business of surviving but in being good, and we do not like to admit to ourselves that we are good in order to survive.

Lukewarm people do not live by faith; their lives are structured so that they don't have to.

If you want to be creative, go where your questions lead you.

I definitely need clarity.

Well...you're a martyr and I'm a patron saint-I can't think of anyone better!

You almost have to force yourself to stay in a vacuum to become different - if you really want to be different.