When you grow up on camera and in the public eye, you feel you have to put forth this image. I just took that to the extreme and there was a lot of pressure on me.- Shannon Miller
When I go in to compete, whether it's gymnastics or anything else, I do my own thing. I compete with myself.
We typically do not choose our athletes until about a month prior to the Games because anything can happen.
There's not a whole lot of events out there on television, especially in the years between Olympic Games.
There's never going to be a system that is fair to everyone.
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.
Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself.
My undergraduate degree is in business, so I am trying to get a bit of a background before I go in.
It's been really good to have a goal and go after it. That feels good.
It's amazing to me that they're cutting physical education programs in the school systems.
In gymnastics, you have to be perfect every step along the way.
In gymnastics, the longest routine you do is a minute and a half, and that is pretty tough to get through.
I am used to short distances and short bursts of energy; it was just fastest.
I am not fascinated by one particular case, but by knowledge that I had no idea was out there.
I am coming up on 30. There are other things that I want to pursue outside of just performing.
