I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity..

Faith must be worked at..

The loss just made me hungry; it made me want to go out and win another title..

It’s called the pursuit of perfection. The pursuit is the idea that you’ll never be perfect in gymnastics but you can continue to pursue it as long a….

BLOOD, SWEAT & RESPECT. First two you GIVE. Last one you EARN..

You're really playing against yourself. You have to learn what you can control and what you can't, and not let what you can't control affect your con….

I play chess about four hours a day in training camp. You have to decide what move to use, or what combination of moves. I think less when I box beca….

First of all, a player has to know what is banned and what is not banned..

I personally think that we can win the World Cup. We are improving with every game. With such a young average age in the squad we can only carry on i….

When you finally learn how to do it, you're too old for the good parts..

The public is always right..

The only thing that limits you right now is you..

The more it changes, the more it's the same thing..

In high school I read [Lev] Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" and loved it. Then I read [Friedrich] Nietzsche's "On the Genealogy of Morals" and that hit me ….

The Olympics are too powerful. I hate sports - they generate so much nationalism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, racism, economic exploitation, dis….

I'm very disciplined in many aspects of my life, and I think a lot of that has to do with how I was raised and the sport I've been in my whole life..

The best way to handle responsibility is to break it down into smaller parts. Take care of one small thing at a time..

I always knew I would adopt. Always..

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate..

I'm not a queen of anything, you know..

I'm happy when I'm doing what I do best.