You never know what can happen. I feel like I have a pretty good chance, but you never know.

Then after I saw the scoreboard that we were tied, I was really happy, because I really wanted to win.

Whoever you are, whatever your dream, you have to be strong in your head and strong in your heart. Be strong. There's no quitting in the person who wants it bad enough.

I think we all have had better days in competition.

It just meant a lot because it's something I've always wanted to do. I've always wanted to be a Senior National Champ. I was Junior National Champ in 2002, so now to be the senior champ is great.

The only thing I really, really want is for the U.S. to win again. Just to win another team gold. And, of course I would really want to win an all-around gold.

Athens was a great experience and I'll always be able to look back on it and say I achieved my ultimate goal in gymnastics.

I think were all really strong and we just need to keep working really hard. If we go out there and do our best well win again. All we need to do is hit.

There’s a big difference between the head and the heart. Fear lives in the head. Love lives in the heart. The head thinks it knows it all but the heart is always right.

Self-change can only come after self-understanding.

You always get negative reactions. If you worry about that you would never do anything.

The study of music was a family interest.

Everyone should respect the sovereignty of the EU countries.

I am not the we of anyone

Composers are the only people who can hear good music above bad sounds.

If Americans are reluctant to go on the dole that's because they have a healthy work ethic.

He who practices sheel (virtue) and sayyam (self-restrain) attains to greatness

She danced because she needed to. She needed to say things which could be said in no other way, and she needed to take her meaning and her living from the saying of them.