I’ve seen a much tougher opposition than her [Carly Patterson]. Let’s see how long she can remain on top. Can she keep going and compete in two more Olympics like myself.

I’d like to work for the International Gymnastics Federation. These competitions have shown the sport needs a lot of changes. It should be judged primarily on grace, elegance and beauty rather than simply on mechanic tumbling.

I knew well in advance, even before I stepped on the stage for my first event, that I was going to lose

The conditions have never been tougher than they were on Friday. It was the worst wind I've ever seen.

This is an attempt to attack the opposition, but it should be seen as a wider assault on all the democratic forces in the country.

It's tougher, sure. But we haven't seen anything at this point that suggests it's coming out of our hides. Good network programming just leads to more viewers.