#th

If I had a bad performance in a particular leotard, I threw it in the trash. ↗

— Mary Lou Retton

#bad performance #had #i #particular #performance

You give up your childhood. You miss proms and games and high-school events, and people say it's awful... I say it was a good trade. You miss something but I think I gained more than I lost. ↗

— Mary Lou Retton

#childhood #events #gained #games #give

Having a home away from the media glare is important to world-class athletes. ↗

— Mary Lou Retton

#away #glare #having #home #important

For six years, I kept my five Olympic medals wrapped in a plastic bread bag beneath my bed. ↗

— Mary Lou Retton

#bed #beneath #bread #five #i

It's going to be really weird when I'm 80 years old, in a walker, and people are still calling me America's sweetheart. We need a new one. ↗

— Mary Lou Retton

#calling #going #i #me #need

Many athletes competing in Atlanta wouldn't be here if it weren't for corporate support. ↗

— Mary Lou Retton

#atlanta #competing #corporate #here #many

Getting to know athletes from all over the planet is a big part of the Olympic experience. ↗

— Mary Lou Retton

#big #experience #getting #know #olympic

Many medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for. ↗

— Mary Lou Retton

#dream #famous #many #medal #other

Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand. ↗

— Cardinal De Retz

#nothing #stupid #sways #than #understand

It is even more damaging for a minister to say foolish things than to do them. ↗

— Cardinal De Retz

#even #foolish #minister #more #say