There's so much denial in gymnastics. It's a beautiful sport but the other part is numbing. You become machinelike. They'll refute this, but I've been around it. I know.

She was U. Rigby then turned her efforts to television working for 18 years as a commentator for ABC Sports and appearing in made-for-television movies. In 2012 Cathy Rigby appeared in American Girl's McKenna Shoots for The Stars as McKenna's gymnastics coach.