I am not interested in medals or titles. I dont need them. I need the love of the public and I fight for it.

Up to nineteen seventy six when I quit gymnastics I was very, disappointed because I didn't have anything which is, live with. I didn't have a friend so I didn't have a coach anymore.

And I suggested to change very simple way to Olympic Games, in one competition, two different levels. Separate from, until sixteen, and after sixteen years old.

Its better to have a rich soul than to be rich.

If there has not been such a thing as gymnastics, I would have had to invent it because I feel at one with the sport.

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

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