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" Romania doesn't have a big tradition of gymnastics as a fun activity. We were a little behind in this aspect. "

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" 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.' "

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

" I didn't realize that winning the Olympics at age 14 automatically put me in the category of being a celebrity. "

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

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

" Nellie Kim, an Olympic champion from the former Soviet Union, got a 10 right after me in '76, but nobody talks about that. "

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

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

" At some particular time, when I was 14 years old, I've done something that people didn't expect. "

" I cannot change anything, so I don't want to think about what I would have done. "

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

" When I went into the Montreal Games, nobody expected much out of me. "

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

" I used to tell people if they looked at a map, it was right in the middle of the United States. But now everybody knows Oklahoma because of the Thunder and their success. I don't know if I'll get 'Why?' anymore. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" Uchimura is the greatest of all time. "

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

" 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. "

" I had more pressure when I competed in Moscow. I had no pressure in Montreal because I only went to do my routines and hoping I didn't mess it up when I was on the bar. When I came back, 10,000 people were at the airport and I thought, 'Why?' because, in my mind, I hadn't done anything different from what I used to do in my gym. "

" Gymnastics should be popular everywhere; you just need the right person to start the right programme. "

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

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