I share Len Saunders’ concerns about childhood obesity and getting kids to be active beginning at an early age.

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.

Every relationship has its drama and baggage.

What was the good of having such a fine home if you weren't willing to fight for it?

I watch golf on television, although I don't golf - except for visits to the driving range in spurts.

Hang your merit. I don't seek anyone's approbation.

The first coffee of the morning is never, ever, ready quickly enough. You die before it’s ready and then your ghost pours the resurrection potion out of the moka pot.

The openness of our hearts and minds can be measured by how wide we draw the circle of what we call family.

A vegan riding a hummer contributes less to greenhouse gas emissions than a meat eater riding a bicycle.

All the world needs are examples of people capable of living out their dreams and fighting for their ideas.

There's a part of me that will always believe that Angel is Buffy's true love. That there will be a piece of her heart that will always be with him for the rest of her life.

I don't deserve you. You know that, querida, don't you? (Alex)