For six years, I kept my five Olympic medals wrapped in a plastic bread bag beneath my bed.
Mary Lou RettonFormer Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go hand-in-hand with financial success.
Mary Lou RettonYou give up your childhood. You miss proms and games and high-school events, and people say it's awful... I say it was a good trade. You miss something but I think I gained more than I lost.
Mary Lou Retton