Olga Korbut Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“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.”

“Anyway I will go same road because I, I was born in gymnastics. This is my, how to say, my life and my duty.”

“But probably this is helps to win, to win, to gold, more gold medals, and to win most my important medal, heart of people. This is most important for me.”

“I think if I wasn't in very high level, I never will be in the team. Cause I was high, in very high level.”

“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.”

“But, I couldn't live without creation gymnastics.”

“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.”

“And in nineteen seventy two I almost wasn't, on the team, but I knew about it just before Olympic Games for three months before this why this is was not very good for me. I'd been ready to go, you know.”

“Because up to sixteen years old you feel gymnastics more. You can show your emotion, grace, like woman gymnastics, not kid's gymnastics. I feel I have good shape, and I can do it elements everything, but, it's not competition for me.”