 Charles Barkley, I used to watch him growing up. Then I met him. He was a big teddy bear. |
| I thought about running a marathon a long time ago, but I'm just not a runner. |
| We typically don't choose our athletes until about a month prior to the Games because anything can happen. |
| I got into law school to supplement my business background. I'm not planning to practice law. |
| I think it's really important to look at the big picture instead of just one competition. |
| I will be talking with gymnasts from some of the other countries. I will be getting a feel for what they're thinking and what they're doing. It should be a really great meet. |
| At an Olympics Game, you want to enjoy it, especially if you know it's going to be your last one. |
| My undergraduate degree is in business, so I'm trying to get a bit of a background before I go in. |
| I'm coming up on 30. There are other things that I want to pursue outside of just performing. |
| I'm an athlete rep, so I'll be available if they need me for anything. |
| Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself. |
| Gymnastics is the type of sport where you can't take something that gives you more energy. Something may be great for the vault, but then you have the bars after it and you have to be more sedate for that. |
| In gymnastics, the longest routine you do is a minute and a half, and that's pretty tough to get through. |
| I was always athletic and I could do a lot of things. |
| Everyone has obstacles, and you're not going to have the right answer or do the right thing every single time. |
| There's not a whole lot of events out there on television, especially in the years between Olympic Games. |
| When I go in to compete, whether it's gymnastics or anything else, I do my own thing. I compete with myself. |
| I'm not fascinated by one particular case, but by knowledge that I had no idea was out there. |
| I can now successfully drive a stick. That's a huge accomplishment. |
| At the Olympics, you there to do a job. I feel you should take it seriously. You should be respectful. You are putting on the red-white-and-blue and going out there to perform for your country. |
