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Carly Patterson

"I thought I had gotten second, but I didn't, so I was really happy."

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"I thought I had gotten second, but I didn't, so I was really happy."

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"It meant a lot because it was my first time to compete as a senior at that meet, which was kind of weird because I've done senior all year, but I didn't get to compete last year because of my elbow."
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"I want to do it for myself. It's my goal and dream. All I can ask for is to get the chance and go out there and do the best I can, be as ready as I can."
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"It just meant a lot because it's something I've always wanted to do. I've always wanted to be a Senior National Champ. I was Junior National Champ in 2002, so now to be the senior champ is great."
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"You never know what can happen. I feel like I have a pretty good chance, but you never know."
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"Yep, my body is doing good and everything feels good and I'm ready."
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"I think we all have had better days in competition."
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"Probably Romania and China and Russia. I think they're all working really hard to beat us right now."
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"Well, it's still another two-day competition, so it's really important to show that you're ready. Every meet is really important right now. You've got to keep showing you can hit."
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"If they did it like they did it in '96 or whenever, just picking it from one meet, what if someone had the meet of their life but they're not usually a good competitor? That could be really bad for the team. So, I think this is the best way."
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"The only thing I really, really want is for the U.S. to win again. Just to win another team gold. And, of course I would really want to win an all-around gold."
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