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

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" 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.' "

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

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

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

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

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

" I didn't know I wanted to be a gymnast; I was just introduced to the gym. I loved the place because it looked like a hi-tech playground with mats and a lot of things I can hang from. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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 made the cover of 'Sports Illustrated,' 'Newsweek' and 'Time' all in one week, and I didn't even know what that meant. "

" I like risky stuff. "

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

" I come from a wonderful country with wonderful people. "

" Now, I have a kid, I have businesses to take care of, I have to travel. I have to sit down... and find a little time for me. "

" People assume a lot of things about gymnasts - that the girls work too hard, it's way too much for them, they are too young to work so hard. "

" 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. "

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

" What can you know about life at 14? I have learned a lot since, but you learn slowly. You get hit by many things and try to make sense of it. "

" Uchimura is the greatest of all time. "

" That's what everybody remembers. They don't remember how many medals I won in my career. They remember the 10s. "

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

" 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. "

" I was a perfectionist in gymnastics. "

" I come from a communist country. We learned nothing of lawyers, nothing about rights. "

" 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. "

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

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

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