I think you always have, you know, new players. Every year you see new faces, juniors coming into the seniors. I was one of them at the time long tim….

You can play a particular sport as long as you take good care of your body and you're confident enough and still have that hunger to where you want t….

There's so much denial in gymnastics. It's a beautiful sport but the other part is numbing. You become machinelike. They'll refute this, but I've bee….

I can still play this game at a high level; I've proven that. I want to be home. I want to be close to my family. I want to be close to my foundation….

Where there is peace, there is sports; where there is sports, there is peace. Peace is what allows us, especially young people, to dream, go after on….

He who commences many things finishes but few..

When I was much younger and still competing in gymnastics, I could rarely find inspiration outside of the sport..

We're nothing without science. Nothing..

Good guys are a dime a dozen, but an aggressive leader is priceless..

Where both are friends, it is right to prefer truth..

The old Lena is dead..

That’s what you do for family. Anything..

I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do – in my life – seriously -.

Never throw out anyone..

Between 9am and 3pm is when I work most intensely.

That's as good as money, sir. Those are I.O.U.s..

Where I live, everything is very small..

I watch a man shoot pool for an hour. If he misses more than one shot, I know I can beat him..

God is the same everywhere..

God created a system which gave us freewill..

If I miss anything about the sport, it's the camaraderie of old teammates..