“(People at school) ask me what I did and I just tell them my all-around score because they don't understand. It's so hard to explain so I just try to keep it as simple as I can.”
“I like knowing that people know me for gymnastics, but at the same time, I have to watch myself with what I do. For adults and little girls, like the younger gymnasts, you don't want to leave a bad impression.”
“Up through my freshman year, I just loved gymnastics. As a sophomore, then my junior and senior years, I started to get burned out. That was when the whole scholarship thing became an issue. I figured I had done gymnastics for so long and worked hard enough that I couldn't stop now.”