Olga Korbut Quotes

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• Life is marvelous now because I have a tape recorder.
• Anyway I will go same road because I, I was born in gymnastics. This is my, how to say, my life and my duty.
• Because up to sixteen years old you feel gymnastics more. You can show your emotion, grace, like woman gymnastics, not kid's gymnastics. I feel I…
• Finally I almost dropped gymnastics because I couldn't live without create, and you know, and then, all public in the world start to say, we…
• Don't be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That's only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you have to…
• 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…
• 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.…
• Its better to have a rich soul than to be rich.
• I am not interested in medals or titles. I dont need them. I need the love of the public and I fight for it.
• This is probably why, my life is easier, and my family is very happy, because we never lie each other. This is probably all people…
• But, I couldn't live without creation gymnastics.
• Thank god, and now all I have are, twenty one years together, in January and, you know, I, you know I forgot this all about…
• The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself.
• I'd been ready too, because before Olympic Games, I wasn't compete in big competition like, World Championship, like European Championship. I just competed in national…
• 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.
• And, in nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I wasn't really going to be a star, and overnight I became a star.
• And from that nineteen sixty four, this was my goal to go to Olympic Games. And I realized what does it mean, Olympic Games, like…
• But let me do I will show the world what gymnastics looks like. Well may be this is a future gymnastics.
• How many people in the world is, each of them is individual. And I like to eat bread, somebody don't like that. You know this…
• 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…

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