I'm doing four hours of gymnastics training a day, six days a week and then an extra two to three hours in a fitness center as well.

As long as you've done your best, making mistakes doesn't matter. You and I are human; we will mess up. What counts is learning from your mistakes and getting back up when life has knocked you down.

Stay strong. Stand up. Have a voice.

I have a chaperone everywhere I go - my mom.

My approach to gymnastics in Beijing was heavily based on the amount of difficulty I could do.

I still can't believe I'm an Olympic athlete.

Gymnastics taught me everything - life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect.

The body is an amazing machine... If you eat the right things your body will perform incredibly well!

To have any doubt in your body is the biggest weakness an athlete can have. There are times when I physically can't get myself to go for a skill because I'm thinking, 'My knee hurts really bad.'

Image isn't everything, It's what comes from your heart, and what you learn and what you say and how you act that means more than anything.

I don't call them sacrifices. I call them exchanges.

Leaders face battles. They don’t run away from troubles.

Some drink from the fountain of knowledge - others just gargle.

What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again

Seek to share joy with others, or to make somebody else happy, and you will find your own soul radiant with the joy you wished for another.

Love is the reason for it all.

Most writers write books that they wouldn't read. I ought to know; I've done it myself.

When actresses jump on the anti-Iraq bandwagon, they often combine down-home momism with an ignorance of Islamist intent which is truly awesome.

The music was great for teaching about human nature. but I couldn't do any instruments or play anything. I like to sing. I'd rather sing than eat, but most people would rather hear me eat.

Well, hello. My name is Lin. But if you're dyslexic, call me Nil.

It is a simple fact that all of us use the techniques of acting to achieve whatever ends we seek.