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

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

" People ask me what the definition of perfection, I said it's none: there is no definition of perfection. "

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

" 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 come from a wonderful country with wonderful people. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989. "

" Everything I do today is because of what I did when I was 14. "

" My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 like Oklahoma. It's a quiet place. You can work, and nobody disturbs you. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I was a perfectionist in gymnastics. "

" It's like someone important is missing from a party because you can't imagine an Olympic gymnastics competition without Romania. "

" 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. "

" Maybe that's why I like gymnastics - because I like to fly. "

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

" I thought celebrity meant Hollywood, that's it. I began to see that does include Olympians. People have so much respect for Olympians. "

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