The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself.

Remember before nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I was total skinny, I was small, very strong, they may be don't like to see a gymnastics like that. I don't know but, gymnastics, might. Nineteen seventy two supposed to be change somewhere.

And in nineteen seventy two I almost wasn't, on the team, but I knew about it just before Olympic Games for three months before this why this is was not very good for me. I'd been ready to go, you know.

But, I couldn't live without creation gymnastics.

Life is marvelous now because I have a tape recorder.

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

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.