Bela Karolyi Quotes
Back in Romania, always I was struggling to compete with Vladislav Rastorotsky, the great Russian coach of Lyudmila Turishcheva. He was a powerful coach, internationally. I took him like the major challenge of my life, and pretty soon I'm beating him and we are pushing each other so hard, so fierce. But out of the arena, we are friends.
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Kids have a great sense of humour. If you don't, you're going to miss out.
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The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.
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If a man is terrified, it's up to me to dispel that terror.
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To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
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Back in Romania, always I was struggling to compete with Vladislav Rastorotsky, the great Russian coach of Lyudmila Turishcheva. He was a powerful coach, internationally. I took him like the major challenge of my life, and pretty soon I'm beating him and we are pushing each other so hard, so fierce. But out of the arena, we are friends.
