Andreea's Quotes

"It was a lovely surprise on my birthday."-Andreea on the crowd of fans

"She is still my golden girl."-Andreea’s mother, Simona

"They are children. They forgive and forget. We will NOT forgive or forget. It was a nightmare. We have five medals, but we should have six. They forgot the most cherished sentiment of the Olympics - tolerance."- Octavian Belu

"It was an innocent pill and it didn't even help me. It gave me a little dizziness that impeded my performance in fact. I am convinced that I did nothing wrong. I lost a medal but in my soul I know that it was mine."

"I'm very tired and disappointed because I did not get the gold medal in the end. But I will come back and show the world again that I came clean."

"I can not look this athlete in the eye and ban her for life, and I made the rules. I will resign."-Ioan Tiriac (for president of the Romanian Olympic Committee)

"I don't understand why always the little people have to suffer for the decisions of the big people."- Maria Olaru

"My whole dream in life was to come to the Olympics and maybe win a medal. I did that and life goes on. I just have to get over this as soon as I can."

“I told the court the medal had no meaning to me as Andreea won it after years of hard work. I'll accept it because it belongs to Romania. But I'll know it belongs to Andreea. She's the Olympic champion."-Simona Amanar after reluctantly receiving Andreea’s medal

"My Andreea would never cheat."- Andreea’s mother, Simona

"I feel very, very sorry for (Andreea). I think the all-around champ is very good. I feel very sad and sorry for her that this problem occurred. I can't make sense of it. In gymnastics we rely on technique to compete our moves. It's not possibly to rely on drugs or strength, you have to rely on skill.”- Liu Xuan (new bronze medallist)

*"I am worried that I won't be able to contain my emotions." after the Worlds

*I must remain good and progress more, because now I have a big responsibility to the team and all eyes are on me."

*"We expect Andreea to be a star on our team."- assistant coach, Mariana Bitang

*Here (in Tianjin), I met again with many of the same athletes from the Junior Europeans. I competed this time with the older girls, so I was a bit nervous, but that little feeling was the only difference."

*"Gold Zarf: Andreea Raducan, Yelena Zamolodchikova and Yekaterina Lobaznyuk... for showing shooting star qualities at the World Championships. Performing gymnastics that most fans are crazed to see, these three newcomers are real contenders for Olympic medals in Sydney." Paul Ziert

*"I would like to be a star."

*"I'm at the beginning of my career, and I hope that more good results are on the way."

*"If someone had told me before these world championships that I would come back with an individual gold medal I would have burst out laughing"

*"I love being a star."

*"I am just at the start of my career and I hope to get better and better"

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