"She said I did good and I think she was happy with what I did. She just wants me to get my higher Start Value vault, which I'll be competing at Trials and, hopefully, the Olympics."

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"She said I did good and I think she was happy with what I did. She just wants me to get my higher Start Value vault, which I'll be competing at Trials and, hopefully, the Olympics."

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"I think we all have had better days in competition."

Competition

"I thought I had gotten second, but I didn't, so I was really happy."

Thought

"You never know what can happen. I feel like I have a pretty good chance, but you never know."

Chance

"Yep, my body is doing good and everything feels good and I'm ready."

Body

"She said I did good and I think she was happy with what I did. She just wants me to get my higher Start Value vault, which I'll be competing at Trials and, hopefully, the Olympics."

Athletics

"If they did it like they did it in '96 or whenever, just picking it from one meet, what if someone had the meet of their life but they're not usually a good competitor? That could be really bad for the team. So, I think this is the best way."

Life

"Well, it's still another two-day competition, so it's really important to show that you're ready. Every meet is really important right now. You've got to keep showing you can hit."

Competition

"The only thing I really, really want is for the U.S. to win again. Just to win another team gold. And, of course I would really want to win an all-around gold."

Gold

"Probably Romania and China and Russia. I think they're all working really hard to beat us right now."

Now

"It just meant a lot because it's something I've always wanted to do. I've always wanted to be a Senior National Champ. I was Junior National Champ in 2002, so now to be the senior champ is great."

Now