A biography for MyKayla Skinnerhasn’t been written yet.
“I just want to make my dreams come true.”
“There's a lot of pressure being an Olympic athlete.”
“I wasn't even expecting to make the Worlds team.”
“I feel like anytime I have a vacation, I'm stressed, or 'I got to go back in the gym,' like I'm going to miss so much time that I need to be working on improving.”
“The Olympics are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I've worked so hard to get this far.”
“It might look like it's easy, but no one really knows how hard it is. Especially when you go from a college bars routine that has four skills to elite with 10-12 or maybe even more. It's a big jump.”
“I've been working hard on my form.”
“Everyone says, 'Oh, it's hard because she's older.' But at the same time, I feel like I know how to make corrections faster, and I know what to fix.”
“I have to be grateful I am in the gym. I'm just trying to plug away as much as I can before it might come to a point where I can't be in the gym at all.”
“Being an alternate is probably the hardest thing I've ever had to do in gymnastics.”
“If anyone asks me, 'Should you do college gymnastics?' I'd say do it. I'm glad I decided to take this route.”
“While I love college gymnastics, I'd like to try and compete for my country.”
“I survived, but I wanted to give up so many times.”
“The whole time I was in Rio, I probably cried every single night.”