I could go to London in 2012. I will only be 37.

When you are on the podium nobody is asking you if you are 15 or 30 years old. What matters is who can do great gymnastics.

I feel about 18, but my mind is much more mature now, so it's a perfect combination.

I will find out what the normal life is like. I will be a coach. I have achieved everything I could achieve in gymnastics.

There was no child oncology in Uzbekistan and in Russia you don't have a chance because there are already so many on the waiting lists.

The kids are so much fun. I'm always taking a look over at what they're doing because it reminds me of when I was so small before.

I don't know how to thank everyone for all their help.

A realidade sempre é mais interessante.

Shut your eyes to the world of pain, and you also shut your eyes to the world of delight.

Both life and work were a great more reewarding when you didn't take them quite so seriously

Don't allow someone not worth it to have the power to occupy your thoughts. If they don't find you worth the effort or the time, why should you waste yours?

Love was something different. Love was pure delight, a fountain of emotions, sensual delights, and enjoying spending time together.

Health is wealth but being wealthy does not mean one is healthy.

A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.

I hope that you have re-read the Constitution of the United States in these past few weeks. Like the Bible, it ought to be read again and again.

We preach democracy while supporting dictatorships.

There was a great difference in boats, of course. For a long time I was on a boat that was so slow we used to forget what year it was we left port in.