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My gymnasts are always the best-prepared in the world. And they win. In the end, that's what matters.

In gymnastics, you have to be perfect every step along the way.

I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6.

I'm really good at gymnastics, and that's about it.

Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about.

I don't like messing up. I think that's just a part of my personality. I don't like to mess up or do anything wrong. When I'm in gymnastics, I like to see my hit percent as high as possible.

For a gymnast to be successful, she needs to strike a balance of everything within herself. She needs to be graceful, flexible, perform all elements, turns, maintain co-ordination - she has to have all of that. If, for example, she only has co-ordination and nothing else, she will not succeed.

I think if I am to win an Olympic medal I'll have to score like I did today.

In gymnastics, everything is a competition. You want to have your hair look the best and your makeup look the best. You want to be the best, and you want to have the prettiest leotard.