As a kid growing up, I was never like, ‘I want to go to the Olympics,’ so having to pass on 2012 because I was too young didn’t bother me at all.
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You can still be very good at what you do and have fun.
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I have dual citizenship.
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Mentally, I have to get my body and mind in the right place before I start the routine, but once into the zone, it’s like I turn on a switch. I envision myself doing the same thing for the Olympic Games.
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If anybody has a bad day, they’ll just come to my room because they know I’ll bring out the positive in everything, or I’ll make them laugh, or I’ll be just crazy.
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We all have skills, I guess.
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I feel like I’m small and mighty and pack a powerful punch, just like Tide PODS.
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I spend a lot of time in the gym training, and Core Power is a great fit for my nutritional needs.
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I am like any typical teenager.
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Always work hard and have fun in what you do because I think that’s when you’re more successful. You have to choose to do it.
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You don’t have to be serious all the time to do a good job.
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The reaction of the public plays a very important role. It gives us an adrenaline boost, especially when people start to shout and clap their hands in time with the music. That really helps us to go on.
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When I was younger, I thought every kid was adopted because that’s all I’ve known. I have everything I need, so I never felt the need to have answers for what happened.
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Most people would focus on concentrating more, and I can’t do that. It almost makes me overthink a lot of my things. I have to focus on not thinking.
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We’ve always had each other’s backs in and out of competition. We support each other the most because we’re the only ones that know what it’s like to go through what we do, and so we can’t be more thankful for each other. We’re like sisters.
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I don’t necessarily have favorite brands.
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For me, I don’t think about size – I focus more on being powerful and confident.
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I have practice from 9 A.M. to 12 P.M., and then I drive home and eat lunch, which is either chicken or fish so I get the protein.
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It was a very long and hard decision. My dad kept telling me, ‘You can always go to college, but you can’t always go pro.’ That made sense to me.
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I tune it all out because if I let other people’s stress get to me, then I stress myself out more than I need to.
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I feel like it’s harder because everyone knows I’m the three-time world champion – it’s almost like people are waiting for something bad to happen.
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One of my favourite things to do is compete for a crowd. It’s just really fun for me.
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I started gymnastics when I was six years old. I was at day care, and they took us on a field trip to a gym club, Bannon’s Gymnastix in Houston, and that’s how I got started.
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I take things one step at a time.
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If I won gold in 2016, I think it would change my life.
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If I disappoint someone, it’s their loss for putting that expectation on me when they don’t know me. I can’t control what they want.
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I was built this way for a reason, so I’m going to use it.
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