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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We strive for greatness.
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I love a good Netflix binge!
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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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The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.
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If I thought of gymnastics as a job, it would put too much stress on me.
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I am like any typical teenager.
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As athletes, we’re always going to have aches and pains, but when your teammates cheer you on, you don’t think about it.
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In the morning, I usually get up between 7:40 A.M. and 7:45 A.M., and then I’ll brush my teeth, do my hair, and just throw on my leotard and my clothes and go to the kitchen.
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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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At the end of the day, if I can say I had fun, it was a good day.
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When we had free time in the Olympic Village, we got massages and rested while watching Netflix.
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Sometimes I hear the crowd cheering, and most of the time your body’s on auto pilot, so sometimes even after I do a floor routine, I’m like, ‘Did I really just do that?’
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Gymnastics is just one part of my life, and I’m having as much fun with it as possible.
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I have dual citizenship.
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You can still be very good at what you do and have fun.
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