I really want to go back to school and finish up my sociology degree.

I love chocolate. I like milk and dark chocolate, but definitely not white.

As a gymnast, you always wear spandex. Being a teenager wearing spandex? It was tough accepting how my body looked, especially if there was any weight gain.

I'm a typical college girl; I love to shop and gossip with my roommates about boys and whatnot.

I like that my body is in shape and toned, and isn't too muscular. I feel I still have a woman's physique.

Wake up every day knowing that today is a new day and only you can determine the outcome of that day. So dream big, accept the challenge, and never look back.

It was probably right after I made my comeback - after retiring post-2008 Olympics - when I finally felt more at ease with my body. Being away from the sport helped put things in perspective.

I try not to deprive myself of anything. I don't do the low-carb thing or anything like that.

I got a custom-made silk dress from a Chinese tailor for really cheap. I sketched it out on a piece of paper, and they took my measurements and made the dress for me in a day!

I like to mix up my workouts to keep them fun and interesting. It makes getting to the gym a lot easier!

When I was trying out for my first Olympics at 16, my family and coaches tried to regulate what I ate. But the stricter they got, the more I rebelled.

Sometimes, it seemed, the business of a Witch or a Godmother was not so much using magic as knowing when not to use it.

It is strange the way that someone who wants to find you guilty can start to make you believe in your own guilt, even when you know you are innocent. I was afraid I would condemn myself my mistake.

The na at the end of banana annoys me as much as it would you if it were bananana.

I do not believe such a quality as chance exists. Every incident that happens must be a link in a chain.

One of the greatest gifts adults can give - to their offspring and to their society - is to read to children.

When you step in the ring, your arms are just too short to box with God.

I immersed myself in the police work and I guess drumming wasn't even a hobby, just something my body naturally wanted to do, tapping stuff.

I am a control freak. I want to do what I want to do.

There was that last blast of Westerns that came out in the Seventies, those Vietnam/Watergate Westerns where everything was about demystification. And I like that about those movies.

In a temple everything should be serious except the thing that is being worshiped.