Finally I almost dropped gymnastics because I couldn't live without create, and you know, and then, all public in the world start to say, we don't want to see gymnastics without Olga.

Don't be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That's only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself.

Its better to have a rich soul than to be rich.

This ability to conquer oneself is no doubt the most precious of all things sports bestows.

I'd been ready too, because before Olympic Games, I wasn't compete in big competition like, World Championship, like European Championship. I just competed in national competition.

And from that nineteen sixty four, this was my goal to go to Olympic Games. And I realized what does it mean, Olympic Games, like big celebration.

Anyway I will go same road because I, I was born in gymnastics. This is my, how to say, my life and my duty.

I am not interested in medals or titles. I dont need them. I need the love of the public and I fight for it.

And, in nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I wasn't really going to be a star, and overnight I became a star.

But let me do I will show the world what gymnastics looks like. Well may be this is a future gymnastics.

How many people in the world is, each of them is individual. And I like to eat bread, somebody don't like that. You know this is the same in gymnastics.

Every interaction is an opportunity to learn, Only if we are interested in improving rather than proving.

yearning n. and adj.At te core of this desire is the belief that everything can be perfect.

Yearning is the word that best describes a common psychological state shared by many of us, cutting across boundaries of race, class, gender, and sexual practice.

Ever see a little kid walking around talking to himself? I'm the same way.

The best place to solve a problem is on paper.

Hell is having no option but the wrong one.

What can a sales person say to somebody to get them to buy a product that they already use every day if they don't like it? Nothing.

Ever since I've had any political awareness, I've felt either alone or part of a tiny minority.

One is more apt to become wise by doing fool things than by reading wise sayings.

For like to like, the proverb saith.