I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age.
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.
I never personally complained; everybody else complained for me.
If I have a feeling of not trusting, I don’t get too close.
When I got married in Bucharest, there were 10,000 people on the street. People didn’t go to work that day. It was emotional to see how people care about you. I didn’t expect that.
What can you know about life at 14? I have learned a lot since, but you learn slowly. You get hit by many things and try to make sense of it.
I made the cover of ‘Sports Illustrated,’ ‘Newsweek’ and ‘Time’ all in one week, and I didn’t even know what that meant.
My marriage to my husband, Bart Conner in 1996 is my proudest personal moment.
Two gold medals and two silver, I don’t think is that bad… I think I still did a pretty good job.
Two days after returning from Montreal, I was training again, and I went on to win two more golds at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
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.
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