The majority of people who get in the sport of gymnastics do not go to the Olympics or get a Division 1 scholarship, but it doesn't mean that they can't get something positive from the sport.
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Gymnastics is so huge in the Olympics. There are a lot of fans who want to see more.
The Olympics shows the community what gymnastics is all about.
People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating.
Gymnastics, especially in my family, is more than a sport. It's our life, it's our careers, it's our family business.
Gymnastics demands so much of our time. We train all week and travel and compete on weekends. The people you're surrounded by really become your second family, your best friends, your sisters. My coach was like a second mother for me.
Gymnastics is my whole life, and I dream of going to the Olympics and being a world champ.
Qualifying for the Olympics is probably harder than winning a medal at the Olympics.
It sounds funny, but the 2008 Olympics were something that just kind of happened, and I was lucky they came at a point when I was uninjured and well prepared. As a gymnast, you can't ask for much more.
Maybe there's a little girl who thinks she can be an Olympic athlete, and she sees all the things I struggled through to get here. Yeah, I didn't walk away with a medal or run away with a medal, but I think there's lessons to be learned when you win and lessons to be learned when you lose.
There's so much denial in gymnastics. It's a beautiful sport but the other part is numbing. You become machinelike. They'll refute this, but I've been around it. I know.
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