Nadia Comaneci

Two gold medals and two silver, I don't think is that bad... I think I still did a pretty good job.

I come from a wonderful country with wonderful people.

I never thought I would be standing here, married to an All-American guy, living in Oklahoma. What a country.

I tell people, 'Have you ever been to Oklahoma? There are a lot of nice people there that do wonderful things.'

Nellie Kim, an Olympic champion from the former Soviet Union, got a 10 right after me in '76, but nobody talks about that.

I used to tell people if they looked at a map, it was right in the middle of the United States. But now everybody knows Oklahoma because of the Thunder and their success. I don't know if I'll get 'Why?' anymore.

Ceausescu thought I had only a few medals, but I have a room full of them in Bucharest, between 150-200 in all. They needed suitcases to haul them out.

When I went into the Montreal Games, nobody expected much out of me.

Once you become an Olympic champion, you are expected to win all the time.

I am a relaxed person. I am very happy.

Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.

I did not even look at the scoreboard when my routine was done in 1976.

The fans had become used to looking toward the scoreboard whenever a gymnast stuck a landing. You could tell they were thinking, 'Was that good enough? Would the numbers read 10.00?' The athlete was looking, too.

You can't jump from little things to big things. It just takes time and patience.

I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives.

You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people.

Enjoy the journey and try to get better every day. And don't lose the passion and the love for what you do.

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