To Have Any Doubt In Your Body

I Started From Zero And Went Back To The Basics In Gymnastics.

I Was Able To Do Classics, The U.s. National Championships And The Pan American Games And Feel Like I Improved With Each Meet, But I Was Still Struggling With A Lot Of Residual Pain From The Two Surgeries.

My Coach, Liang Chow, Had One Rule While I Was Training For The 2008 Olympics: No Skiing. I Could Do Anything I Wanted Outside The Gym, He Said, Except Ski.

Something My Mom Taught Me When I Was Little Is That Everything Happens For A Reason. Retiring Was Scary And It Was Tough To Give Up Gymnastics, But So Many Great Opportunities Have Come From It That I Never Expected. And Those Wouldn't Have Happened Had I Not Accepted My Injury As A Way To Try Something New.

There's Always A Chance. Anything Can Happen.