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" I like America. I don't want to hurt America. "

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" 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. "

" I did not even look at the scoreboard when my routine was done in 1976. "

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

" At 14, you think you compete, you retire and you get a job. I didn't think gymnastics was a career that was going to change my life. "

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

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

" We used to exchange leotards with gymnasts from other countries. I don't remember who I got my most prized leotard from, but it was one with a lot of stars on it. "

" I always say I don't want to change anything in my life. "

" Ceausescu thought I had only a few medals, but I have a room full of them in Bucharest, between 150-200 in all. They needed suitcases to haul them out. "

" When you're growing up, you realize you've got a lot of heavy things on your shoulders. "

" 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. "

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

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

" My mother never watched me train in Romania. She wasn't allowed, it just wasn't done back then. My training was paid for by the government. My parents were not at the Olympics with me, either. I never expected them to be. "

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

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

" 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. "

" When I got married in Bucharest, there were 10,000 people on the street. People didn't go to work that day. It was emotional to see how people care about you. I didn't expect that. "

" I couldn't do everything in the first or second day; it took me years to be able to get to the achievement that I've had. I wasn't perfect from the beginning. "

" 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. "

" Romania doesn't have a big tradition of gymnastics as a fun activity. We were a little behind in this aspect. "

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

" I like to tell young people to work hard for your goals and live in the moment. "

" 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. "

" I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet. "

" In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too. "

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

" I basically have my life today as a result of what I did as a child. What did I miss out on? Yeah, I missed not hanging out at shopping malls, I guess, but that is not a big deal because you don't get a medal for that. "

" When you go out of your country and meet people, you get a wider perspective. "

" I thought celebrity meant Hollywood, that's it. I began to see that does include Olympians. People have so much respect for Olympians. "