MyKayla Skinner

“Being married has been the best thing ever.”

“I've only been to Disneyland once, when I was 8.”

“That's really what gymnastics should be. It should always be a beautiful and inspiring thing to so many people.”

“I'm doing extra stretching and more leaps and turns. Working on toe points. I'm working hard on it.”

“A lot of people don't get to see the behind-the-scenes of what we go through and what it's like. We aren't perfect people. Everyone on social media is like, 'They're so perfect, they have their life together, gymnastics looks so easy.' We work our butts off to get to where we are.”

“I am doing communications in journalism to do sports broadcasting. I'd love to go into that kind of stuff.”

“Worlds helped me me boost my confidence up a lot actually. It made me a bigger, better, stronger gymnast.”

“College really helped me mature, and it's been so much better.”

“It was hard being an alternate for the third time. But for me, it was OK because I made the World team and looking back five months ago, I didn't think I'd have that opportunity.”

“Nobody's perfect. I feel like I can handle the pressure pretty well, even though sometimes I feel like I'm psyching myself out a little bit.”

“Going to college, I definitely got that experience of having to be there for your team and you definitely learn that that is really important.”

“I couldn't even think about elite gymnastics for a while. It was definitely good for me to try something different.”

“I did three tumbling passes in college.”

“I finally get to be an Olympian.”

“After Rio, I joined the gymnastics team at the University of Utah. It was a hard transition, because I've always competed in elite gymnastics, where we throw big skills. In college, you don't get any points for difficulty, but once I got the hang of it, it was a piece of cake.”

“I know a lot of people say why rush to get married. But he's definitely the one and definitely a keeper.”

“I'm just so honored that I never gave up and have kept pushing for my dreams to get here.”

“I'm doing fine with college.”

“You never know what anyone's going through, and you always want to be there and be that teammate to support them.”

“I see the opportunity to pursue an Olympic berth as a chance of a lifetime.”