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

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.

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

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.

Light of star gives light on space.Light of God gives birth to all stars.

Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority.

Benazir Bhutto was an inspirational leader and an inspirational woman.

A greater focus on design in all new homes would make the best use of land, create homes and public spaces, and reinforce the structures of urban life.

If you profess to be a Christian, yet find full satisfaction in worldly pleasures and pursuits, your profession is false.

Things come suitable to the time.

Most important to any fake story is a plausible, realistic edge with a satirical twist that is topical.

Faith is the consolation of the wretched and the terror of the happy.

My mission is to kill the bad guy, save the world, and hopefully end up with the girl. (Steele)

I volunteer!" I gasp. "I volunteer as tribute!