I'm a firm believer in if you work hard you should play hard. So I try to keep my life as balanced as possible to keep my sanity.

I love chocolate. I like milk and dark chocolate, but definitely not white.

As a gymnast, you always wear spandex. Being a teenager wearing spandex? It was tough accepting how my body looked, especially if there was any weight gain.

I'm a typical college girl; I love to shop and gossip with my roommates about boys and whatnot.

I like that my body is in shape and toned, and isn't too muscular. I feel I still have a woman's physique.

Wake up every day knowing that today is a new day and only you can determine the outcome of that day. So dream big, accept the challenge, and never look back.

It was probably right after I made my comeback - after retiring post-2008 Olympics - when I finally felt more at ease with my body. Being away from the sport helped put things in perspective.

I try not to deprive myself of anything. I don't do the low-carb thing or anything like that.

I got a custom-made silk dress from a Chinese tailor for really cheap. I sketched it out on a piece of paper, and they took my measurements and made the dress for me in a day!

I really want to go back to school and finish up my sociology degree.

I like to mix up my workouts to keep them fun and interesting. It makes getting to the gym a lot easier!

Everything was usual. That was depression: being stuck, clinging to an out-of-date version of oneself.

I'm pretty confusing. But I do have an oil rig in my back yard.

Talking about stepping down in five years is frankly not a topic of particular actuality now.

I really don't want to in the press, genuinely don't want to be in the press.

You were never told that Saint-Tropez is paradise?

Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.

Most of those men don’t want to sleep with you,” he said in blunt rebuttal. “I reserve the right to introduce my fist to the faces of the ones who do.

People who are reading my books, or who are thinking about it, have some general idea about the concept of strategy. They're better off than somebody that has none. So I would never say it's useless.

People talk about opportunity knocking, but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door.

Not even the gods fight against necessity.