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

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" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic, and prospering, since the revolution in 1989. "

" As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport. "

" 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. "

" My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" Two days after returning from Montreal, I was training again, and I went on to win two more golds at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" See, when I went to the Olympics in '76, the gymnastics people knew that I was good, but everybody else, after I won, everybody was like, 'Where's she coming from? Who is she? What is Romania?' "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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