I know how to smile, I know how to laugh, I know how to play. But I know how to do these things only after I have fulfilled my mission.

If I work on a certain move constantly, then finally, it doesn't seem risky to me. The idea is that the move stays dangerous and it looks dangerous to my foes, but it is not to me. Hard work has made it easy.

My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians.

It was good to be a kid because I did not realise all the things that came with the success. Going to the Games, I was asked what I expected to do.

for some people life outside the spotlight is death.

My marriage to my husband, Bart Conner in 1996 is my proudest personal moment.

Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition.