"The rate of childhood obesity is just ridiculous. Anytime I can get involved with teaching them how to get physical exercise, I want to help in any way possible"
"And we realized that it was kind of a starting point for gymnastics, to go professional, and also to just get a lot more of the audiences in the arenas on the off years, in the years that we're not in the Olympics."
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Source: Chat: Shannon Miller. Interview with Peter Gambaccini, www.runnersworld.com. October 23, 2006.
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