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I was a perfectionist in gymnastics.

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My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians.

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I wanted to have a free life.

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

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If I have a feeling of not trusting, I don't get too close.

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I have a classic taste with a twist, because classic never goes away.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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?'

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I like seeing advanced acrobatics, but I also like to see more than tumbling. It's important to combine the artistry of gymnastics with the tough skills. It's called artistic gymnastics. We should stand by the name.

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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.

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People always accused me of not smiling like my rival Olga Korbut, but that was just my personality. When you're balancing on a nine-inch beam, you have to concentrate. But if you look back at the footage, I was always smiling and waving at the crowd after my performances.

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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.

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