I am a great realist in all aspects of life. Whatever I can do ... here it is.

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

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

I think I spent all my life in gymnastics. And if you will ask me I want to change something in your past life, no. I will go same.

I am a great realist in all aspects of life. Whatever I can do ... here it is.

Then I was lucky I met with my future husband, and I started new life with my husband, and I was happy again. He was a musician. I start to travel with him through Europe also and around the former Soviet Union.

I've never wanted to be anything but a gymnast. Maybe it is dangerous-but when you start thinking about danger, you might as well give up.