MyKayla Skinner

Everyone says, 'Oh, it's hard because she's older.' But at the same time, I feel like I know how to make corrections…

— MyKayla Skinner

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

— MyKayla Skinner

I wasn't even expecting to make the Worlds team.

— MyKayla Skinner

Going to college, I definitely got that experience of having to be there for your team and you definitely learn that that…

— MyKayla Skinner

This is what I'm supposed to do. This is what I'm meant to do, is elite gymnastics.

— MyKayla Skinner

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

— MyKayla Skinner

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

— MyKayla Skinner

A year does go by kind of fast.

— MyKayla Skinner

I got to be calm, but I mean, it's the Olympics. Anybody wants to go out and do their best, so it's…

— MyKayla Skinner

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

— MyKayla Skinner

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

— MyKayla Skinner

It is hard when you fall. I know that feeling. That disappointment sucks. You've just got to get up and keep moving.

— MyKayla Skinner

It's just so weird coming into the gym and not feeling like, you know, 'I'm going to die.' Before it was like,…

— MyKayla Skinner

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

— MyKayla Skinner

After Rio, I joined the gymnastics team at the University of Utah. It was a hard transition, because I've always competed in…

— MyKayla Skinner

While I love college gymnastics, I'd like to try and compete for my country.

— MyKayla Skinner

I feel like anytime I have a vacation, I'm stressed, or 'I got to go back in the gym,' like I'm going…

— MyKayla Skinner

I'm 24, which I know doesn't sound very old. But in the world of gymnastics it is. The Tokyo Games are my…

— MyKayla Skinner

I've accomplished so much. I'm just really proud of myself for even being able to do what I have.

— MyKayla Skinner

I did three tumbling passes in college.

— MyKayla Skinner

Nobody's perfect. I feel like I can handle the pressure pretty well, even though sometimes I feel like I'm psyching myself out…

— MyKayla Skinner

I survived, but I wanted to give up so many times.

— MyKayla Skinner

If anyone asks me, 'Should you do college gymnastics?' I'd say do it. I'm glad I decided to take this route.

— MyKayla Skinner

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

— MyKayla Skinner

I finally get to be an Olympian.

— MyKayla Skinner