You always have to finish what you start and I learned that some of life's greatest lessons come with disappointment.

Set daily, monthly and long term goals and dreams. Don't ever be afraid to dream too big. Nothing is impossible. If you believe in yourself, you can achieve it.

Finish what you start, no matter how painful it may be.

If you are afraid of failure, you don't deserve success.

You don't always get stronger on the days that everything comes easily to you.

Gymnastics has given me everything in my life. I will continue to stay involved and try to give back to the sport that has given me so much.

I've missed being able to flip in the air, flip on the beam and swing on the bars.

Being with someone I love and care about to feed off positive energy is crucial.

Without my parents and their love and support in my life, I would not be who I am or where I am today.

Like at home, I don't wear heels. But everywhere else I go, I wear heels.

I'm just trying to really take it one day at a time, because for me - and I know this sounds cliche, whatever - I achieved my ultimate goal, and nothing can really top that, you know?

its better to get hurt now than to get hurt later.

Leadership in telecommunications is also essential, since we are now in the age of e-commerce.

Somedays, if bitterness were a whetstone, I could be sharp as grief.

How can we be strangers if we both believe in God?

I hate all that don't love me, and slight all that do.

Sacrificing everything for one's craft is something some people can't help. They can't help themselves. They must do it. They're driven to do it.

American Jews, like Americans, have a very consumerist attitude toward their identity: they pick and choose the bits of this and that they like.

And I know this world is so cold and deceiving but I keep my head up like my nose is bleeding.

Some writers pick a topic and write around that, but I like to include it all.

The answer to the American health crisis is the food that each of us chooses to put in our mouths each day. It's as simple as that.