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" I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives. "

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" I'm the kind of person, I leave a little space for better. "

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

" I was a perfectionist in gymnastics. "

" I didn't realize that winning the Olympics at age 14 automatically put me in the category of being a celebrity. "

" I hoped to win a medal and hoped it would be gold. I knew I was good but didn't know I would be the one to score something that had never been done before. "

" People think you have pressure when you are young. It's the other way round, actually. "

" I wasn't allowed to leave Romania. That made me mad. You just want your freedom. You want your space. You want opportunity. "

" I tell people, 'Have you ever been to Oklahoma? There are a lot of nice people there that do wonderful things.' "

" I'm very good friends with my former coaches. We speak on the phone a lot. "

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

" I remember everything from 1976. I remember I was 14, and I remember my routines. "

" I was turning actually 15 at the Olympics in '76... I don't think that one year makes a huge difference. "

" Two days after returning from Montreal, I was training again, and I went on to win two more golds at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. "

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

" I live in the moment. I can turn the page and move on. "

" It was my mother who got me involved in gymnastics, sending me to classes when I was six just to stop me doing back flips on the couch and destroying the furniture. "

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

" People always accused me of not smiling like my rival Olga Korbut, but that was just my personality. When you're balancing on a nine-inch beam, you have to concentrate. But if you look back at the footage, I was always smiling and waving at the crowd after my performances. "

" Nellie Kim, an Olympic champion from the former Soviet Union, got a 10 right after me in '76, but nobody talks about that. "

" You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people. "

Surround Yourself

" 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. "

" In Montreal, I kept thinking, 'Pay attention: this is the Olympics! It only happens once every four years!' "

" I am a relaxed person. I am very happy. "

" We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests. "

" 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. "

" The fans had become used to looking toward the scoreboard whenever a gymnast stuck a landing. You could tell they were thinking, 'Was that good enough? Would the numbers read 10.00?' The athlete was looking, too. "

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

" When I look back, I am happy that my mum took me to the gymnastics club. I didn't join gymnastics to become a famous athlete or celebrity; it just happened - I did more than I expected, of course. "

" I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age. "

" The - I don't want to say older, but the more experienced I get, I treasure and I honor what I've done much more. "