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" I thought I was going to retire at 20, and I was going to be a surgeon. "

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" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If I was a boy, nobody would care that I worked out six, seven hours a day when I was 9 years old, no? Why were people always saying 'poor little girl?' I liked to work out and always did more than I was asked to. "

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

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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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" 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. "

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

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

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