Nadia Comaneci Quotes
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I used to tell people if they looked at a map, it was right in the middle of the United States. But now everybody knows Oklahoma because of the Thunder and their success. I don't know if I'll get 'Why?' anymore.
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Other kids had more talent, but I was the most focused.
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I'm very good friends with my former coaches. We speak on the phone a lot.
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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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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 was a perfectionist in gymnastics.
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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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One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989.
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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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After retiring from competition in 1981, I did exhibitions and coached.
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You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people.
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Gymnastics was my way to travelling the world.
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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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Now, I have a kid, I have businesses to take care of, I have to travel. I have to sit down... and find a little time for me.
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Uchimura is the greatest of all time.
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I had more pressure when I competed in Moscow. I had no pressure in Montreal because I only went to do my routines and hoping I didn't mess it up when I was on the bar. When I came back, 10,000 people were at the airport and I thought, 'Why?' because, in my mind, I hadn't done anything different from what I used to do in my gym.
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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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Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition.
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I wanted to have a free life.
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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'm the kind of person, I leave a little space for better.
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We developed a system in Romania that was very successfully continued for a number of years, but I don't know if it was because of some conflict in the organisation or whether there was government interference... but somehow, they have forgotten the importance of raising gymnasts to be ready for every Olympics.
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I work out every day, but my idea is to make something short. I work out a maximum half hour. I only do like 20 minutes of cardio, and I do some stretching and some light weights, and I'm out of there.
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Everything I do today is because of what I did when I was 14.