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" At the end of the day, I just want to see good gymnastics! "

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" I think that when you are on a four-inch balance beam, you don't care about laughing or smiling or waving to the crowd because you're going to be down in a second. "

" I always say, 'When the Olympics are happening, you shouldn't be in any other place in the planet - you should be here.' "

" I would love to be in 'Dancing With the Stars.' "

" Life is not easy for anyone. You have to have ups and downs. You can make mistakes. You learn and try not to make them again. That's pretty much my principle. "

" When I went into the Montreal Games, nobody expected much out of me. "

" My message to the ladies would be, you can do all of the things, but not all of them at the same time. "

" Gymnastics is so huge in the Olympics. There are a lot of fans who want to see more. "

" I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6. "

" Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard could not figure out how to put out a score, it made the story more historic. "

" I think gymnastics was associated with the 10. I thought that belonged to the sport, and somehow we gave it way. "

" I had more pressure when I competed in Moscow. I had no pressure in Montreal because I only went to do my routines and hoping I didn't mess it up when I was on the bar. When I came back, 10,000 people were at the airport and I thought, 'Why?' because, in my mind, I hadn't done anything different from what I used to do in my gym. "

" Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic, and prospering, since the revolution in 1989. "

" I had a lot of energy, and my mom decided to look for a place where I can spend the energy, because I was jumping on the couch and furniture, and I was jumping on the top of the things in the house. "

" Of course I used to smile and laugh in 1976, but not when I was competing. Please show me somebody who laughs when they are concentrating; I always smiled. "

" It's like someone important is missing from a party because you can't imagine an Olympic gymnastics competition without Romania. "

" Once you become an Olympic champion, you are expected to win all the time. "

" I remember before the Olympics, I was asked, 'What do you think you're going to do in the Olympics?' and I said, 'I'm hoping I'm going to win a medal, and, if possible, it's going to be a gold one.' "

" Gymnastics should be popular everywhere; you just need the right person to start the right programme. "

" I never thought I would be standing here, married to an All-American guy, living in Oklahoma. What a country. "

" See, when I went to the Olympics in '76, the gymnastics people knew that I was good, but everybody else, after I won, everybody was like, 'Where's she coming from? Who is she? What is Romania?' "

" Two gold medals and two silver, I don't think is that bad... I think I still did a pretty good job. "

" Gymnastics was my way to travelling the world. "

" I never personally complained; everybody else complained for me. "

" I work out every day, but my idea is to make something short. I work out a maximum half hour. I only do like 20 minutes of cardio, and I do some stretching and some light weights, and I'm out of there. "

" As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport. "

" What makes me happy is the appreciation of people around me. "

" I am very highly appreciated in my country, and everybody seems to love me. "

" I'm not a dreamer for, you know, 'I want to go to the moon someday.' I accomplished something when I was young, which was much more than I expected to. My results were much bigger than I ever dreamed about it. "