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Uchimura is the greatest of all time.
Nadia Comaneci -
Other kids had more talent, but I was the most focused.
Nadia Comaneci
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I basically have my life today as a result of what I did as a child. What did I miss out on? Yeah, I missed not hanging out at shopping malls, I guess, but that is not a big deal because you don't get a medal for that.
Nadia Comaneci -
It feels good when you come to a place like Oklahoma to charge up the batteries. I need that.
Nadia Comaneci -
Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic, and prospering, since the revolution in 1989.
Nadia Comaneci -
Gymnastics should be popular everywhere; you just need the right person to start the right programme.
Nadia Comaneci -
I think gymnastics was associated with the 10. I thought that belonged to the sport, and somehow we gave it way.
Nadia Comaneci -
See, when I went to the Olympics in '76, the gymnastics people knew that I was good, but everybody else, after I won, everybody was like, 'Where's she coming from? Who is she? What is Romania?'
Nadia Comaneci
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I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.
Nadia Comaneci -
We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests.
Nadia Comaneci -
Maybe that's why I like gymnastics - because I like to fly.
Nadia Comaneci -
I was a perfectionist in gymnastics.
Nadia Comaneci -
I'm the kind of person, I leave a little space for better.
Nadia Comaneci -
I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6.
Nadia Comaneci
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If I was 14 or 15 again, I would do the same thing. I've done everything. I think I've accomplished more than I had in mind.
Nadia Comaneci -
I am a relaxed person. I am very happy.
Nadia Comaneci -
My message to the ladies would be, you can do all of the things, but not all of them at the same time.
Nadia Comaneci -
I like America. I don't want to hurt America.
Nadia Comaneci -
I am very highly appreciated in my country, and everybody seems to love me.
Nadia Comaneci -
If I was a boy, nobody would care that I worked out six, seven hours a day when I was 9 years old, no? Why were people always saying 'poor little girl?' I liked to work out and always did more than I was asked to.
Nadia Comaneci
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I couldn't do everything in the first or second day; it took me years to be able to get to the achievement that I've had. I wasn't perfect from the beginning.
Nadia Comaneci -
One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989.
Nadia Comaneci -
As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport.
Nadia Comaneci -
My mother never watched me train in Romania. She wasn't allowed, it just wasn't done back then. My training was paid for by the government. My parents were not at the Olympics with me, either. I never expected them to be.
Nadia Comaneci