38 Quotes by Carly Patterson

It meant a lot because it was my first time to compete as a senior at that meet, which was kind of weird because I've done senior all year, but I didn't get to compete last year because of my elbow.

It's so weird, ... Last summer, it seemed I'd never get to the Olympics. Life is going by faster now that I'm not in the gym much. I don't have to train at that same intensity.

I want to do it for myself. It's my goal and dream. All I can ask for is to get the chance and go out there and do the best I can, be as ready as I can.

They wanted to hang out with me and take me snipe hunting, ... I'd never heard of it. I pictured myself running and swooping up birds. They told me to take a flashlight and make a clucking noise with my tongue and then see how many I could catch in a bag. I sat there for about thirty minutes clucking, going ' Cluck! Cluck! Cluck! ' Then I said, 'I kind of don't think this is real.'

I'm not really nervous yet. There is nothing to be nervous about - just train your routines so that you're ready for the competition.

I'm just going to be training for the next two months. Just training, nothing else. It will be really hard, but it's worth it, especially at the end.

I'm working with producers right now as I haven't finished my demos yet. Hopefully we can have something out before the end of the year,

I'll always remember; it was the best day of my life.

I'd really like to meet Pete from the band Fall Out Boy, ... But really, the best part of the year was that I really loved, well, feeling loved by everyone.