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" I am not a perfect 10 anymore. I can only try my best. "

" 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. "

" 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 know my life story sounds too extraordinary to be true. "

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

" When I was 14, I had no pressure. I was a kid, and I didn't understand all the attention. "

" We only had white socks in Romania. But when I used to come back from the States, I used to bring back pink and yellow socks with all kind of designs, and hair clips and elastic bands for the ponytail that had colourful designs. "

" Gymnastics was my way to travelling the world. "

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

" We developed a system in Romania that was very successfully continued for a number of years, but I don't know if it was because of some conflict in the organisation or whether there was government interference... but somehow, they have forgotten the importance of raising gymnasts to be ready for every Olympics. "

" Yes, gymnasts aim for perfection, but I never thought about the score. If that's what's in your mind, it will probably mess you up. "

" It's very hard to get to the top. It's hardest to stay at the top. "

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

" Uchimura is the greatest of all time. "

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

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

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

" Enjoy the journey and try to get better every day. And don't lose the passion and the love for what you do. "

" I like seeing advanced acrobatics, but I also like to see more than tumbling. It's important to combine the artistry of gymnastics with the tough skills. It's called artistic gymnastics. We should stand by the name. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition. "

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

" 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 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. "

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

" I cannot change anything, so I don't want to think about what I would have done. "