I like added pressure. It makes me work harder.

Children possess a remarkable amount of passion. They throw themselves completely, heart and soul, into everything.

I like added pressure. It makes me work harder.

If I had a bad performance in a particular leotard, I threw it in the trash.

Friendship is a living thing that lasts only as it is nourished with kindness, sympathy, and understanding.

Training for the Olympics was much easier than balancing my life now! When practice was over, there was time for me. But with four kids and a career, I have no downtime. When I'm not on the road, I finish my workday at 2:30 p.m. Then I pick the kids up from school and they get 100 percent Mommy, not part Mommy and part Mary Lou Retton.

Many medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for.