Mary Lou Retton famous quotes

Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Positive #Optimism #People

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.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Athlete #Simple #Choices

I'm very determined and stubborn. There's a desire in me that makes me want to do more and more, and to do it right. Each one of us has a fire in our heart for something. It's our goal in life to find it and to keep it lit.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Heart #Persistence #Fire

Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Motivational #Graduation #Peace

Heat is required to forge anything. Every great accomplishment is the story of a flaming heart.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Heart #Accomplishment #Stories

For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Athlete #Olympics #Tests

There can be distractions, but if you're isolated from the heart of the Games, the Olympics become just another competition.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Heart #Games #Competition

There are so many negatives in our society. To be on the cover of a magazine these days, you have to have been through drug rehab three times. What message is this giving to young people? But there are positives in our society. And I try to surround myself with good-natured, positive people.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Attitude #Giving #People

A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Memories #Athlete #Dust

I cant justify taking money away from hungry kids and needy schools to pay for the Games when corporations are willing to write the checks.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#School #Kids #Writing

Pay-per-view would deprive many kids of the delight of seeing the Olympics.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Kids #Views #Olympics

Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go hand-in-hand with financial success.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Hands #Eras #Financial

In the dressing room, I always put on my right shoe first. Same thing for my right wristband.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Shoes #Rooms #Firsts

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

#Missing You #Giving Up #School

As a kid, I was a pretty good little sprinter.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Kids #Littles

Rather then focusing on the obstacle in your path, focus on the bridge over the obstacle.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Motivational #Bridges #Focus

I like added pressure. It makes me work harder.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Hard Work #Pressure #Work Harder

If I had a bad performance in a particular leotard, I threw it in the trash.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Leotards #Trash #Particular

Faith is a gateway to happiness that remains permanently accessible to each of us, wherever we are, no matter our circumstances.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Faith #Matter #Gateways

Erase the word "failure" from your vocabulary. No case is ever truly closed, and no challenge is ever over.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Failure #Vocabulary #Challenges

Even though it may seem counterintuitive, a comfort zone is a dangerous place to be.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#May #Comfort #Dangerous

You've got to believe in yourself first. Take risks and don't be afraid to fall.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Believe #Fall #Risk

Be cocky. Walk into the Georgia Dome like you own it.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Cocky #Georgia #Domes

Friendship is a living thing that lasts only as it is nourished with kindness, sympathy, and understanding.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Friendship #Kindness #Understanding

Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing your self to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Inspirational #Motivational #Fun

As much time as you put into it, that's what your achievements are going to be when you come out of it.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Gymnastics #Achievement

More than 10,000 athletes came to Atlanta seeking Olympic medals. Only a few of them will be lucky and skilled enough to claim one.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Athlete #Atlanta #Lucky

Companies that support sports developmental programs in our communities should also be applauded.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Sports #Community #Support

Children possess a remarkable amount of passion. They throw themselves completely, heart and soul, into everything.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Children #Heart #Passion

Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Fun #Serious #Kind

For six years, I kept my five Olympic medals wrapped in a plastic bread bag beneath my bed.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Years #Bags #Bread

I usually don't mind giving autographs, but when hundreds of folks with paper and pen start coming at you, it's time to seek shelter.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Giving #Mind #Paper

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

#Athlete #Home #Media

Getting to know athletes from all over the planet is a big part of the Olympic experience.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Athlete #Planets #Bigs

Many medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Sports #Dream #Winner

I love her attitude, but as much as I'd like to bring my medals to a speech or appearance, I never do.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Attitude #Speech #Appearance

Fragile egos are put on the line every day.
-- Mary Lou Retton

#Ego #Lines