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24 quotes by Olga Korbut

Olga Valentinovna Korbut [nb 1] (born May 16, 1955 in Grodno), also known as the "Sparrow from Minsk", is a former Belarusian gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympic Games, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the Soviet team.
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I am not interested in medals or titles. I don't need them. I need the love of the public and I fight for it.

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But let me do I will show the world what gymnastics looks like. Well may be this is a future gymnastics.

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Up to nineteen seventy six when I quit gymnastics I was very, disappointed because I didn't have anything which is, live with. I didn't have... →

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Then I was lucky I met with my future husband, and I started new life with my husband, and I was happy again. He was a musician. I start to travel... →

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And, in nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I wasn't really going to be a star, and overnight I became a star.

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It's better to have a rich soul than to be rich.

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And we lost a lot because of that, and I think this is future gymnastics to separate ages. Because kids can do it more than adult. A woman and adult... →

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I would say this is not negative this is h, a hard part in gymnastics. You can't eat, whatever you want to eat. And what kind of meal you're... →

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I'd been ready too, because before Olympic Games, I wasn't compete in big competition like, World Championship, like European Championship. I... →

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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... →

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

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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... →

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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.

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