Especially in the car ride to and from gym. I find myself spacing out a lot, just visualizing what the Olympics would be like and just having such great role models.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The Olympics are what I work for. They're why I spend so much time in the gym.
I've always seen the Olympics as a place where you could act out your differences on the athletic field with a sense of sportsmanship and fairness and mutual respect.
I have prepared myself to be at my peak in London. But in the Olympics, there are so many factors. You need to stay alert all the time, and a lapse of concentration, even for a second, will let you down.
In MMA it's a lot less intimidating because it's not like you get one shot at a title every four years. You get a title shot every couple of months... With the Olympics, you don't always have this, so there is so much more pressure involved.
Gymnastics is so huge in the Olympics. There are a lot of fans who want to see more.
Just being there at the Olympics, you kind of just take in every single moment.
Getting to know athletes from all over the planet is a big part of the Olympic experience.
People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating.
I love the Olympics. Something about the Olympics just makes everything competitive.
Outside the Olympics, there are massive discrepancies within all sports. But the positive side for me is that the Olympics are the biggest platform there is, and there's total equality across all sports.
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