Floor exercise, the longest you run is two or three steps. In the vault, it's not a whole lot more than that.

The rate of childhood obesity is just ridiculous. Anytime I can get involved with teaching them how to get physical exercise, I want to help in any way possible

If you want to take it up a step and aim to become a competitive gymnast, you have to be mentally strong and prepared to take on the workload of going to the gym every day, rain or shine.

Doing your best is more important than being the best.

Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself.

Everyone gets scared, and everyone falls. The key is to get right back up and try again.

Face each day with the expectation of achieving good, rather than the dread of falling short.

It's amazing to me that they're cutting physical education programs in the school systems.

Gymnastics uses every single part of your body, every little tiny muscle that you never even knew.

Charles Barkley, I used to watch him growing up. Then I met him. He was a big teddy bear.

When I go in to compete, whether it's gymnastics or anything else, I do my own thing. I compete with myself.

I'm dangerous for you, Abby.

A good woman comes in all shapes and colors. When you find her, adore her.

All the riches of the world are not of sufficient value to redeem one perishing soul.

I am not going to share my private life with millions of people. I don't find a need to do that and nobody else close to me does either.

A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim.

I'm a person of change and I must be honest to my artistry and my creativity. That's part of the word 'jazz'... it's an adventure.

The masses have no habit of self-reliance or original action.

For every person seeking greatness, there are hundreds more charged with safeguarding mediocrity. If you want to be wealthy, stop taking financial advice from broke people.

Don't you know that every perfect life would be the end of art?

I'm a little bit of an amateur political junkie.