Nadia Comaneci Quotes
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When I was 14, I had no pressure. I was a kid, and I didn't understand all the attention.
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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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I'm very good friends with my former coaches. We speak on the phone a lot.
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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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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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Other kids had more talent, but I was the most focused.
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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 think gymnastics was associated with the 10. I thought that belonged to the sport, and somehow we gave it way.
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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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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 was a perfectionist in gymnastics.
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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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We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests.
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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 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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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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I am a relaxed person. I am very happy.
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I'm the kind of person, I leave a little space for better.
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I like America. I don't want to hurt America.
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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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As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport.
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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.