Carly Patterson Quotations

Yep, my body is doing good and everything feels good and I'm ready.

She said I did good and I think she was happy with what I did. She just wants me to get my higher Start Value vault, which I'll be competing at Trials and, hopefully, the Olympics.

Since I came here, I've been lost, ... I am not asking for a handout, I just need some help. And that's what I've been trying to get lately - help.

I guess I'm kind of used to it because it's always been that way for me.

If they did it like they did it in '96 or whenever, just picking it from one meet, what if someone had the meet of their life but they're not usually a good competitor? That could be really bad for the team. So, I think this is the best way.

I think it helps me. You know, I've got two more meets under my belt, and that's always a good thing.

I think we're all really strong and we just need to keep working really hard. If we go out there and do our best we'll win again. All we need to do is hit.

People only know me as being a gymnast. It's kind of scary.

I thought I had gotten second, but I didn't, so I was really happy.

Well, it's still another two-day competition, so it's really important to show that you're ready. Every meet is really important right now. You've got to keep showing you can hit.

You know, I don't even really remember. I think he just said, 'Good job. Now we're going to get back in the gym and work for Trials.'

Well, first I have to make the team, of course.

The only thing I really, really want is for the U.S. to win again. Just to win another team gold. And, of course I would really want to win an all-around gold.

Every time I come to a meet, it makes me want to get out there, ... Today, watching the juniors, I was like, 'Uh-huh, I'm feeling it.'

I've been working really hard to go to the Olympics. That's been my dream for my whole life. It would be great to have that dream come true.

I've been pretty busy. I've traveled a lot and met a lot of different people and I'm in the process of recording a demo.

Probably Romania and China and Russia. I think they're all working really hard to beat us right now.

They shouldn't have to worry about toothaches or their teeth hurting. There are more things to worry about than your teeth hurting.

It meant a lot because it was my first time to compete as a senior at that meet, which was kind of weird because I've done senior all year, but I didn't get to compete last year because of my elbow.

It's so weird, ... Last summer, it seemed I'd never get to the Olympics. Life is going by faster now that I'm not in the gym much. I don't have to train at that same intensity.

I want to do it for myself. It's my goal and dream. All I can ask for is to get the chance and go out there and do the best I can, be as ready as I can.

They wanted to hang out with me and take me snipe hunting, ... I'd never heard of it. I pictured myself running and swooping up birds. They told me to take a flashlight and make a clucking noise with my tongue and then see how many I could catch in a bag. I sat there for about thirty minutes clucking, going ' Cluck! Cluck! Cluck! ' Then I said, 'I kind of don't think this is real.'

I'm not really nervous yet. There is nothing to be nervous about - just train your routines so that you're ready for the competition.

I'm just going to be training for the next two months. Just training, nothing else. It will be really hard, but it's worth it, especially at the end.

I'm working with producers right now as I haven't finished my demos yet. Hopefully we can have something out before the end of the year,

I'll always remember; it was the best day of my life.

I'd really like to meet Pete from the band Fall Out Boy, ... But really, the best part of the year was that I really loved, well, feeling loved by everyone.

I don't want to say anything bad about someone but it was a little bit hard,

I think were all really strong and we just need to keep working really hard. If we go out there and do our best well win again. All we need to do is hit.

It just meant a lot because it's something I've always wanted to do. I've always wanted to be a Senior National Champ. I was Junior National Champ in 2002, so now to be the senior champ is great.

Then after I saw the scoreboard that we were tied, I was really happy, because I really wanted to win.

I think we all have had better days in competition.

The only thing I really, really want is for the U.S. to win again. Just to win another team gold. And, of course I would really want to win an all-around gold.

You never know what can happen. I feel like I have a pretty good chance, but you never know.

Athens was a great experience and I'll always be able to look back on it and say I achieved my ultimate goal in gymnastics.

Whoever you are, whatever your dream, you have to be strong in your head and strong in your heart. Be strong. There's no quitting in the person who wants it bad enough.