Nadia Comaneci Quotes
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Uchimura is the greatest of all time.
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Other kids had more talent, but I was the most focused.
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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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It feels good when you come to a place like Oklahoma to charge up the batteries. I need that.
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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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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 very good friends with my former coaches. We speak on the phone a lot.
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I was a perfectionist in gymnastics.
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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 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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Gymnastics should be popular everywhere; you just need the right person to start the right programme.
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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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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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We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests.
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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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At 14, you think you compete, you retire and you get a job. I didn't think gymnastics was a career that was going to change my life.
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I'm the kind of person, I leave a little space for better.
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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 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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One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989.
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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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We used to exchange leotards with gymnasts from other countries. I don't remember who I got my most prized leotard from, but it was one with a lot of stars on it.