Nadia Comaneci Quotes
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Other kids had more talent, but I was the most focused.
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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?'
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Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.
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People ask me what the definition of perfection, I said it's none: there is no definition of perfection.
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I was a perfectionist in gymnastics.
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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.
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It feels good when you come to a place like Oklahoma to charge up the batteries. I need that.
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Gymnastics should be popular everywhere; you just need the right person to start the right programme.
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I'm very good friends with my former coaches. We speak on the phone a lot.
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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.
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I thought celebrity meant Hollywood, that's it. I began to see that does include Olympians. People have so much respect for Olympians.
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I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6.
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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.
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Maybe that's why I like gymnastics - because I like to fly.
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You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people.
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My message to the ladies would be, you can do all of the things, but not all of them at the same time.
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I am a relaxed person. I am very happy.
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We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests.
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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.
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I'm the kind of person, I leave a little space for better.
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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.
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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.
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I like America. I don't want to hurt America.
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I am very highly appreciated in my country, and everybody seems to love me.