I don't call them sacrifices. I call them exchanges.

As long as you've done your best, making mistakes doesn't matter. You and I are human; we will mess up. What counts is learning from your mistakes and getting back up when life has knocked you down.

Stay strong. Stand up. Have a voice.

I have a chaperone everywhere I go - my mom.

My approach to gymnastics in Beijing was heavily based on the amount of difficulty I could do.

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

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

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

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.'

Image isn't everything, It's what comes from your heart, and what you learn and what you say and how you act that means more than anything.

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.

People shouldn't just talk about you, they should tell your tales.

Face the facts squarely. Ask yourself definite questions and demand direct replies.

When you are a photographer, you work all the time, because your eye is the first camera.

I purge compulsively. I'm constantly shedding things.

Home is a complex and resonant idea.

One is ever young in the presence of the God of Truth, or Truth which is God.

I really want people to know me, to find out about me, and if they really like me, to stick with me.

The only corporate social responsibility a company has is to maximize its profits.

If I don't wear something for a year, I give it away.

Principle III: Presumptive rights are the conditions under which individual powers normally develop.