Nadia Comaneci Quotes

As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport.
Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.
I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives.
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.
I ended up in the US for a month or so, before moving to Montreal with some Romanian friends.
I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6.
I like to tell young people to work hard for your goals and live in the moment.
I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age.
My marriage to my husband, Bart Conner in 1996 is my proudest personal moment.
My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians.
Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic, and prospering, since the revolution in 1989.
Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition.
One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989.
We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests.
You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people.
After retiring from competition in 1981, I did exhibitions and coached.
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.
At some particular time, when I was 14 years old, I've done something that people didn't expect.
At the end of the day, I just want to see good gymnastics!
Ceausescu thought I had only a few medals, but I have a room full of them in Bucharest, between 150-200 in all. They needed suitcases to haul them out.
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Nadia Comaneci
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12 November, 1961
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Romania
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