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Coming up this evening, Piers Morgan hosts an hour on the "Pride of America", coverage of various U.S. athletes as they look towards representing the nation in the upcoming London 2012 Summer Olympics.
Tonight, Piers sits down with gymnast Nastia Liukin, the reigning women's Olympic individual all-around Champion.
Despite spectacular success in the 2008 games in Beijing, Liukin had considered skipping the trip to the UK, before recently reconsidering:
"At the end of the August 2012, you know, looking back, I didn’t want to have any regrets. And I didn’t want to think, 'What if?'" confesses the five-time Olympic medalist. "I think those two words just scared me to death. I didn’t want to think, "What if I would have tried?" What if I would have given it my all for these last few months and, you know, could I have made another Olympic team? Could I have won another gold medal?"
Four years since upsetting her teammate and fried Shawn Johnson for the all-around gold medal, Liukin credits her upbringing, in particular her father and coach Valeri Liukin, for her competitive spirit:
"That’s the way that I’ve been raised. My dad is such a perfectionist and it’s the same way that I’ve kind of lived my life inside and outside of gymnastics, even in school," she reveals. "So I really believe in this and I believe that I can do this. And the odds may not be in my favor but I definitely want to prove to everyone that you still can compete when you’re 22 years old."
Tune in this evening at 9 p.m. as Liukin further details the dedication it takes to be an Olympic champion, and explains why she doesn't take even a single night off from training to spend time with her friends.
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John Orozco is the definition of what a mature, respectful and responsible young man should be. His parents should be overwhelmingly proud. What a fine example he is setting for all young men who aspire to be something bigger than themselves.
I just watched the full broadcast of Piers' interviews with Olympic gymnastics hopefuls, Nastia Liukin, John Orozco, and Aly Raisman, and just wanted to say that these were all really well done. These athletes receive significant media attention, but often, that attention consists of short sound bites. These longer-style interviews were extremely well done and provided rare glimpses of the athletes as interesting, three-dimensional individuals, in addition to world-class gymnasts. Piers asked great questions and provided a rare look into how these athletes got to where they are today – from the Liukin family's journey from Russia when Nastia was 2 years old, to a story that illustrates John Orozco's sometimes-rough childhood in the Bronx, to Aly Raisman's appreciation for her extremely supportive mother. Keep up the excellent work.
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I watched the interview. I am a first generation American from Croatian parents. They taught me if I work hard enough that I can have the world at my fingers. That's what our nation is about. No hand outs. My parents talk with an accent. My children have learned about hard work from them, not me
I am always impressed by Mr Morgans' interviews. Tonight , however,I got the idea from his questions ,that the Bronx is notorious for impropriety and disgrace. Can anything good come out of the Bronx? What are his thoughts? Are they real or imagined? Is it possible that Mr Morgan would stage a program where the Bronx Citizens could themselves identify facts and express the truth of the Bronx experience. Based on his questions and inferences tonight, I wonder if "Anything good existed or exists in the Bronx Borough". Please let the world know. I thank you.
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The Pride of America was very good, I do have one comment which as a New Yorker I feel when Mr, Piers Morgan was interviewing John Orozco (who has an amazing story and will do America Proud) was more interested in knowing how violent his neighborhood the Bronx was ! I am not too sure if it was Mr Morgan of his staff who did write the questions, I know you need to dramatize for public viewing ..but try not to discredit a Borough like Bronx which has the Yankee stadium and a Lot of history and make it look like living in a Ghetto !,I think Mr Morgan should start Fact checking before doing interviews with Americans, London has more crime than Bronx !!
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