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.'

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!

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.

Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.

All events are blessings given to us to learn from.

Nirvana is where you are, provided you don't object to it.

Prayer has not been a part of my life in the sense that truth has been.

That's the main thing, looking for interesting characters, good directors, and experiences where you're growing and learning.

If you're not ready to make the greatest effort, don't even think about the greatest goal

The idea that I could push the envelope using dedication and research and endless curiosity has propelled me in my life's work.

That's a wonderful thing, because one of the primary qualities of a good performance is honesty.

Talk less, but with more awareness. Every word you use, use purposefully.

In an idealized world, we would all be able to do what our English teachers told us to do, which is to write beautiful prose where enthusiasm is conveyed by word choice and grammar.