A team championship doesn't happen because three people score 10s, it happens because all the guys score well. In my opinion, everyone deserved 10s, we're all 10s on this team.

He was also named by President Ronald Reagan as a member of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports in November 1985. The moment was heralded as a significant upset over the teams from China and Japan. After the 1984 Olympics he and his fellow Olympic gymnasts went on a six month promotional tour across the US selling out arenas in about two dozen American cities.

Mitchell Jay "Mitch" Gaylord (born March 10 1961) is an American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist.