"We always say that the most important thing is the team first. The priority is the team gold medal, and then we focus on the individual ones. That’s what people remember—the team competition." ~Aly Raisman
"Standing up on the podium with my team after the team final was amazing! I don’t think I truly realized what an incredible feat we had achieved. There is nothing like seeing the American flag being raised to the sounds of our National Anthem." ~Shannon Miller
"In America, you can't tell parents that their child isn't talented. There everyone is talented! And when one of the kids at the gym is better and one is worse, problems begin, people complain." ~Alexander Alexandrov (on gymnastics in the US)