Cathy Rigby

When you're on the Olympic team at 15, you don't do anything else. There's no normal social development, and your decisions are made for you.

Seeing the show is like a visit to the fountain of youth for parents and the children.

There's so much denial in gymnastics. It's a beautiful sport but the other part is numbing. You become machinelike. They'll refute this, but I've been around it. I know.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

It is so important that our federation stands by our athletes.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.