Gymnastics Is So Complex.

I Have A Chaperone Everywhere I Go - My Mom.

People Only See Gymnastics On Tv And In The Olympics At Such An Extreme. So It Can Be Intimidating.

That's The Drama Of Our Sport. Our Margin Of Error Is So Small That Anything Can Happen.

In Some Ways The Acl Tear Was A Blessing. I Had Hesitated To Return To Elite Gymnastics After The 2008 Olympics. I Told Myself I Had Already Accomplished So Much, And The Road Was Just Going To Get Harder If I Continued.

Something My Mom Taught Me When I Was Little Is That Everything Happens For A Reason. Retiring Was Scary And It Was Tough To Give Up Gymnastics, But So Many Great Opportunities Have Come From It That I Never Expected. And Those Wouldn't Have Happened Had I Not Accepted My Injury As A Way To Try Something New.