Quotes from MyKayla Skinner

I miss out on tons of stuff.

The whole time I was in Rio, I probably cried every single night.

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

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

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

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

There's a lot of pressure being an Olympic athlete.

I got to be calm, but I mean, it's the Olympics. Anybody wants to go out and do their best, so it's definitely a different kind of pressure.

The Olympics are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I've worked so hard to get this far.

The Olympics should be something so special, but I feel like it was definitely miserable at times.

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 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.

It's always hard being an alternate. Knowing you might not be put in, but you have to work just as hard. It's stressful.

I can't control who makes the team or not. I'm just happy to be an alternate.

I think it's so cool to show that age is just a number, and that anything is possible if you work hard and dream for it.

It's pretty awesome to work this hard and come from Arizona.

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.