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.

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 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.

The powerful have no conscience

The person who thinks dogs can't talk doesn't want to learn a second language.

If you came into the theater believing in the talking snake, it's kind of hard to leave the theater still believing in the talking snake.

When life puts you through a tumbler, it's your choice whether you come out polished or crushed.

Often a noble face hides filthy ways.

The Lincoln Memorial is related to the toga and the civilization that wore it.

There's often an assumption you're more privileged if you belong to a family with people who have made a success.

Nothing will stop me, and whether I'm here or wherever I may be, I'll always have the same feelings, I'll say what I feel.

True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.

Nations have the wrong granularity. They’re too small to be global and too big to be local, and all they can think about is competing.