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" 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. "

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" Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves. "

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" I was a perfectionist in gymnastics. "

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

" 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 think a lot of people don't actually know me. They think, 'She's like this,' or, 'She's like that.' They say I have no emotions - I do, but you couldn't see them then. I had to keep them inside. "

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

" Once you become an Olympic champion, you are expected to win all the time. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" My marriage to my husband, Bart Conner in 1996 is my proudest personal moment. "

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

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

" 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. "

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" I ended up in the US for a month or so, before moving to Montreal with some Romanian friends. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid. "

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" It feels good when you come to a place like Oklahoma to charge up the batteries. I need that. "

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" Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win. "

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

" 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 don't think many people consider in their heart that they have two places that are home. "

" 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. "

" Other kids had more talent, but I was the most focused. "

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

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