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Mary Lou Retton

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

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"As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given."
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"Pay-per-view would deprive many kids of the delight of seeing the Olympics."
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"In the dressing room, I always put on my right shoe first. Same thing for my right wristband."
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"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."
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"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."
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