“I still love to find and develop the young athletes in traditional ways. I like to watch the physical and mental growth. That has always been very exciting.”

The rest of the world laughed at American gymnastics before I came.

A good 80 percent of the vault is still physical and another percentage of it, 20, 25 percent is mental.

Mental is always the mental strength, the confidence building up to that contest or repetition, practice, practice, and practice.

This team just wasn’t good enough today, but they had the unity I always wanted. To have an American team like this has always been a dream of mine.

I believe in playing with your heart, with every fiber in your body-fairly, squarely, by the rules-to win. And I believe that any man’s finest moment.

The crowd sometimes plays a tremendous role to give you wings and carry you to victory.

I am very familiar with Hungary, because I grew up in Romania, which borders it.

My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.

Back in Romania, always I was struggling to compete with Vladislav Rastorotsky, the great Russian coach of Lyudmila Turishcheva. He was a powerful coach, internationally.

I consider myself very lucky that I could live my life through all the ups and downs.

In gymnastics, smaller will always be better in many ways. The stress in the head, that will be the same for all. But the stress on the body and the concussions it must endure, that will always be easier for the little ones.

Success depends on how much you are willing to sacrifice, how much you are willing to alter your everyday life for a particular goal.

The Olympics shows the community what gymnastics is all about.

I know gymnastics. It’s always been a subjective appreciation.

The greatest fulfillment of all he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out and lies exhausted on the floor of battle-victorious.

You have to have competent people evaluating the athlete, not the housewives!

I haven’t left my house in days. I watch the news channels incessantly. All the news stories are about the election; all the commercials are Viagra and Cialis. Election, erection, election, erection! Either way we’re screwed!

This is the violet hour, the hour of hush and wonder, when the affectations glow and valor is reborn, when the shadows deepen along the edge of the forest and we believe that, if we watch carefully, at any moment we may see the unicorn.

It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream.

The judgment may be compared to a clock or watch, where the most ordinary machine is sufficient to tell the hours; but the most elaborate alone can point out the minutes and seconds, and distinguish the smallest differences of time.

I don’t watch trailers, I like to go into every movie fresh.

It is a note Of upstart greatness to observe and watch For these poor trifles, which the noble mind Neglects and scorns.

I never wore a watch. I always depend on public clocks, and stores have clocks, but that is strange.

Notorious’ is a masterwork. I can watch it every day.