Katelyn Ohashi

Growing up, I was often put under a lot of pressure. Being an athlete, I've been dealing with pressure for a long time.

I won the 2011 Visa Championships, the 2012 Pacific Rims, and then the 2013 American Cup (the first and only senior elite competition of my elite career).

My back is permanently messed up.

By 2012, I probably had, like, three stress reactions in my back. Two stress fractures in my fibula.

The Olympics were something that was put in my path. I knew I was capable, I worked so hard for it, so I guess it's like, Why wouldn't I want to go to the Olympics? But it was never something that I was really, really dead set on. It was just what my coaches and everyone else forced upon me.

I want to keep upgrading my routines and focus on cleaning them up and being consistent.

I used to hate my legs. Now I've learned to embrace them. They've allowed to do everything that I am able to do.

My teammates and my coaches have all allowed me to step into my individuality and not be defined by just being a gymnast.

Performing is my favorite thing.

Be yourself. It's really important not to try and be someone else.

How I've always felt is that the fun in gymnastics got taken away from me too soon.

I was compared to a bird that was too fat to lift itself off the ground.