Getting to know athletes from all over the planet is a big part of the Olympic experience.

Faith is a gateway to happiness that remains permanently accessible to each of us, wherever we are, no matter our circumstances.

I cant justify taking money away from hungry kids and needy schools to pay for the Games when corporations are willing to write the checks.

As much time as you put into it, that's what your achievements are going to be when you come out of it.

Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun.

I'm very determined and stubborn. There's a desire in me that makes me want to do more and more, and to do it right. Each one of us has a fire in our heart for something. It's our goal in life to find it and to keep it lit.

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.