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Olga Korbut

I've never wanted to be anyth...

I've never wanted to be anything but a gymnast. Maybe it is dangerous-but when you start thinking about danger, you might as well give up.

Olga Korbut 55 quotes
Olga Korbut

I'd been ready too, because b...

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.

Olga Korbut 55 quotes
Olga Korbut

And from that nineteen sixty ...

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.

Olga Korbut 55 quotes
Olga Korbut

And we lost a lot because of ...

And we lost a lot because of that, and I think this is future gymnastics to separate ages. Because kids can do it more than adult. A woman and adult woman can show more than the small kids.

Olga Korbut 55 quotes
Olga Korbut

Remember before nineteen seve...

Remember before nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I was total skinny, I was small, very strong, they may be don't like to see a gymnastics like that. I don't know but, gymnastics, might. Nineteen seventy two supposed to be change somewhere.

Olga Korbut 55 quotes
Olga Korbut

This is probably why, my life...

This is probably why, my life is easier, and my family is very happy, because we never lie each other. This is probably all people supposed to feel each other, so be always in all of the world they'll be peace.

Olga Korbut 55 quotes
Olga Korbut

The important thing is not to ...

The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself.

Olga Korbut 55 quotes
Olga Korbut

I think I spent all my life in...

I think I spent all my life in gymnastics. And if you will ask me I want to change something in your past life, no. I will go same.

Olga Korbut 55 quotes
Olga Korbut

I'd been ready too, because be...

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.

Olga Korbut 55 quotes
Olga Korbut

I've never wanted to be anythi...

I've never wanted to be anything but a gymnast. Maybe it is dangerous-but when you start thinking about danger, you might as well give up.

Olga Korbut 55 quotes
Olga Korbut

I am a great realist in all as...

I am a great realist in all aspects of life. Whatever I can do ... here it is.

Olga Korbut 55 quotes
Olga Korbut

And, in nineteen seventy two O...

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

Olga Korbut 55 quotes
Olga Korbut

And from that nineteen sixty f...

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.

Olga Korbut 55 quotes
Olga Korbut

But let me do I will show the ...

But let me do I will show the world what gymnastics looks like. Well may be this is a future gymnastics.

Olga Korbut 55 quotes
Olga Korbut

How many people in the world i...

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.

Olga Korbut 55 quotes
Olga Korbut

And I suggested to change very...

And I suggested to change very simple way to Olympic Games, in one competition, two different levels. Separate from, until sixteen, and after sixteen years old.

Olga Korbut 55 quotes
Olga Korbut

I think this is all my life. B...

I think this is all my life. Because if I was split gymnastics and something else like far, fun or to go with friends. No, this, you're supposed to one go, one straight road and to do every day. And touch the wall, of the goal.

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Olga Korbut

I feel great. I feel younger. ...

I feel great. I feel younger. And I don't feel anything at all. I don't know who knows, but right now I'm, how, how many years have I, fifty five, something like that. Forty three years old. And I feel like seventeen, like twenty five years ago.

Olga Korbut 55 quotes
Olga Korbut

I would say this is not negati...

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.

Olga Korbut 55 quotes
Olga Korbut

Up to nineteen seventy six whe...

Up to nineteen seventy six when I quit gymnastics I was very, disappointed because I didn't have anything which is, live with. I didn't have a friend so I didn't have a coach anymore.

Olga Korbut 55 quotes

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