Katelyn Ohashi

“I think what I show is joy when I do stuff, so I think always having a love for what you do every single day is something that I hold extremely close to my heart because I know what it's like to not feel that.”

“I can't control what other people think.”

“Gymnastics has taught me so many lessons, and I couldn't be more grateful for everything that I've gone through.”

“I was a mess my freshman year of college. I still had so much pain in my heart.”

“For dinner, I like to have a protein and veggies again. But because of my ulcerative colitis, really healthy foods are hard on my stomach. Sugars aren't good, and I have to be careful with vegetables. So it can be tough to find food that feels good.”

“All I can do is go out there and do my best.”

“I feed off the audience a lot, their energy.”

“I would have never guessed I have, like, senators reposting me.”

“Performing is my favorite thing.”

“I've said before, 'gymnastics is abusive,' but now I know it's not the sport that's abusive - it's the culture that was created and accepted and normalized.”

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

“I'm healthy - for a gymnast.”

“There's days when my body's better than other days. It still gives me problems. But it's very manageable. Rehab is forever my friend.”

“I want to put out a few books throughout my lifetime.”

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

“My entire college career has kind of been me stepping into my joy.”

“Floor is where I get to express myself. That's, like my party time, like my play time.”

“Stuff happened in every sport. Every sport can become abusive.”

“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.”