Mary Lou Retton Quotes

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• Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Mary Lou Retton (2000). “Mary Lou Retton's Gateways to Happiness: 7 Ways to a More Peaceful, More Prosperous, More Satisfying Life”, Broadway

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• 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, Inspiring, Graduation

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• 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

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• Rather then focusing on the obstacle in your path, focus on the bridge over the obstacle.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Motivational, Bridges, Focus

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• A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• 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

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• Even though it may seem counterintuitive, a comfort zone is a dangerous place to be.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Comfort, May, Dangerous

  Mary Lou Retton (2000). “Mary Lou Retton's Gateways to Happiness: 7 Ways to a More Peaceful, More Prosperous, More Satisfying Life”, Broadway

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• You've got to believe in yourself first. Take risks and don't be afraid to fall.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Believe, Fall, Risk

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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.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Athlete

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• Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Fun, Serious, Kind

  Mary Lou Retton, Bela Karolyi, John Powers (1986). “Mary Lou: creating an olympic champion”, Thorndike Pr

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• 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

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• Friendship is a living thing that lasts only as it is nourished with kindness, sympathy, and understanding.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Friendship, Kindness, Understanding

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• Heat is required to forge anything. Every
  great accomplishment is the story of a flaming
  heart.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Heart, Accomplishment, Stories

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• 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

  Mary Lou Retton (2000). “Mary Lou Retton's Gateways to Happiness: 7 Ways to a More Peaceful, More Prosperous, More Satisfying Life”, Broadway

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• 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

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

  Mary Lou Retton

  Years, Bed, Bags

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• 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

  Motivational, Attitude, People

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• If I had a bad performance in a particular leotard, I threw it in the trash.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Trash, Leotards, Performances

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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.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Missing You, Giving Up, School

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• Children possess a remarkable amount of passion. They throw themselves completely, heart and soul, into everything.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Children, Passion, Heart

  Mary Lou Retton (2000). “Mary Lou Retton's Gateways to Happiness: 7 Ways to a More Peaceful, More Prosperous, More Satisfying Life”, Broadway

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• What is the fire that burns in your heart? If you are lucky enough to discover it, than by all means fan the flames and let the fire be the guiding light for a life worth living.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Heart, Mean, Fire

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• Training for the Olympics was much easier than balancing my life now! When practice was over, there was time for me. But with four kids and a career, I have no downtime. When I'm not on the road, I finish my workday at 2:30 p.m. Then I pick the kids up from school and they get 100 percent Mommy, not part Mommy and part Mary Lou Retton.

  Mary Lou Retton

  School, Kids, Practice

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• Companies that support sports developmental programs in our communities should also be applauded.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Sports, Support, Community

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• In the dressing room, I always put on my right shoe first. Same thing for my right wristband.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Shoes, Boots, Rooms

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• For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Athlete, Olympic Spirit, Winter Olympics

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