I would say this is not negative this is h, a hard part in gymnastics. You can't eat, whatever you want to eat. And what kind of meal you're supposed to have, you can't.

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 master yourself.

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

This ability to conquer oneself is no doubt the most precious of all things sports bestows.

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 competition.

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 big celebration.

Anyway I will go same road because I, I was born in gymnastics. This is my, how to say, my life and my duty.

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

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

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 is the same in gymnastics.

Be strong and free from fear.

Take ownership of every decision you make because you will be hold responsible for the film, whether good or bad.

In Buddhism balance is the most difficult thing, because it is overlooked.

the rest of my days I spend wandering: wondering what, anyway, was that sticky infusion, that rank flavor of blood, that poetry, by which I lived?

Love in the past is only a memory. Love in the future is only a fantasy. True love lives in the here and now.

I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.

Society is capricious and rewards the bad as often as the good. But it never rewards the quiet.

But films should be voyeuristic. What else is a film if you’re not snooping into somebody else’s lives?

Growing up with two sisters, you either play by yourself or play Barbie with them. I played by myself.

I can find my way from 500 A.D. through to 1066 pretty well as an amateur historian.