Quotes from Katelyn Ohashi

Women are 'expected' to have skinny waists yet still be voluptuous. People surrounding us tell us we need to eat but then look at us in disgust if we cross the invisible line of overeating.

My mom was a high school gymnast.

I'm healthy - for a gymnast.

The joy had been ripped away from me, but deep down, I loved the competition floor. And I thought, 'Gymnastics is literally the only thing I have.'

I think gymnastics can be a really brutal sport. I don't think it's supposed to be a brutal sport.

I've always had an undeniable love for gymnastics.

How I've always felt is that the fun in gymnastics got taken away from me too soon.

I am who I am today because of a lot of the things I've learned in gymnastics.

In life, we are told to do or be so many different things and expected to fit so many different expectations; I think that's something I always had a hard time with.

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.

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 know it's important to stay humble.

In elite gymnastics, I was surrounded by this bubble, that gymnastics was literally all I knew, and I'd like to know about worldly issues.

Gymnastics was my worth - it was my life - and I hated myself.

One habit that's important for keeping me mentally healthy is having meaningful conversations with the people around me. That's a habit that fuels my body and my mind. I also like to go to the beach and write, and I've been trying to focus on giving myself time to be alone.

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.

You will never have the perfect body, and to sit there and compare yourself to another person or what someone else likes - we're the only people that have control of our body. We're the only people that live inside of our body 24/7.

I learned at a young age that my voice was not wanted or heard, so I went silent. I did what I was told and set goals based on what everyone else expected of me.

I have said that gymnastics can be abusive and brutal. That was my experience. I felt trapped in a world where authority figures were dictating my future.

I think just being able to experience college gymnastics the way I have has allowed me to really express myself and have so much fun in the sport.

I can't control what the judges give me.

The truth is, gymnastics is a beautiful sport that has allowed me to grow and learn invaluable life lessons: sacrifice, dedication, discipline. Eventually, it led me to my voice.

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

When picking my original music, Tina Turner was someone I wanted in my routine because of the strong impact she has had on my life. I admire her courage and resilience.