“The Olympics shows the community what gymnastics is all about.”

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 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.

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.

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!

No competition, no progress.

When I open many books, or most leading women’s magazines, or see almost all TV shows, I don’t find myself at all. I am completely anonymous. My value system is not there.

Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.

Communism is already acknowledged by all European powers to be in itself a power.

Communism begins where atheism begins.

You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.

The value of indigenous communities needs to be recognized and their full participation in society supported.

Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.

A vote for Republicans is a vote for safe communities, great jobs, and a limitless future

We call communism the real movement which abolishes the present state of things.