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It's very hard to get to the top. It's hardest to stay at the top.
~ Nadia Comaneci
Get
Hard
Hardest
Stay
Top
Very
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Life is not easy for anyone. You have to have ups and downs. You can make mistakes. You learn and try not to make them again. That's pretty much my principle.
~ Nadia Comaneci
Again
Anyone
Downs
Easy
Learn
Life
Make
Mistakes
Much
Pretty
Principle
Them
Try
Ups
Ups And Downs
You
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Maybe that's why I like gymnastics - because I like to fly.
~ Nadia Comaneci
Because
Fly
Gymnastics
Like
Maybe
Why
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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.
~ Nadia Comaneci
Ladies
Message
Same
Same Time
Them
Things
Time
Would
Would-Be
You
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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.
~ Nadia Comaneci
Allowed
Back
Done
Either
Expected
Government
Just
Me
Mother
Never
Olympics
Paid
Parents
Romania
She
Them
Then
Train
Training
Watched
Were
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
~ Nadia Comaneci
Career
End
Kid
Make
Me
Much
Near
Saw
Sense
Things
Too
Too Much
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Nellie Kim, an Olympic champion from the former Soviet Union, got a 10 right after me in '76, but nobody talks about that.
~ Nadia Comaneci
About
After
Champion
Former
Got
Kim
Me
Nobody
Olympic
Right
Soviet
Soviet Union
Talks
Union
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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.
~ Nadia Comaneci
Businesses
Care
Down
Find
Kid
Little
Little Time
Me
Now
Sit
Take
Take Care
Time
Travel
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Of course I used to smile and laugh in 1976, but not when I was competing. Please show me somebody who laughs when they are concentrating; I always smiled.
~ Nadia Comaneci
Always
Competing
Concentrating
Course
Laugh
Laughs
Me
Please
Show
Smile
Smiled
Somebody
Used
Who
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Once you become an Olympic champion, you are expected to win all the time.
~ Nadia Comaneci
Become
Champion
Expected
Olympic
Once
Time
Win
You
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Other kids had more talent, but I was the most focused.
~ Nadia Comaneci
Focused
Had
Kids
More
Most
Other
Other Kids
Talent
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People always accused me of not smiling like my rival Olga Korbut, but that was just my personality. When you're balancing on a nine-inch beam, you have to concentrate. But if you look back at the footage, I was always smiling and waving at the crowd after my performances.
~ Nadia Comaneci
Accused
After
Always
Back
Balancing
Beam
Concentrate
Crowd
Footage
Just
Like
Look
Me
People
Performance
Personality
Rival
Smiling
Waving
You
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People ask me what the definition of perfection, I said it's none: there is no definition of perfection.
~ Nadia Comaneci
Ask
Definition
Me
None
People
Perfection
Said
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People assume a lot of things about gymnasts - that the girls work too hard, it's way too much for them, they are too young to work so hard.
~ Nadia Comaneci
About
Assume
Girl
Hard
Lot
Much
People
Them
Things
Too
Too Much
Way
Work
Young
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People think you have pressure when you are young. It's the other way round, actually.
~ Nadia Comaneci
Actually
Other
People
Pressure
Round
Think
Way
You
Young
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Romania doesn't have a big tradition of gymnastics as a fun activity. We were a little behind in this aspect.
~ Nadia Comaneci
Activity
Aspect
Behind
Big
Fun
Gymnastics
Little
Romania
Tradition
Were
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Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard could not figure out how to put out a score, it made the story more historic.
~ Nadia Comaneci
Big
Big Deal
Could
Deal
Electronic
Even
Fact
Figure
First
Historic
History
How
Made
More
Out
Put
Score
Scoring
Story
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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?'
~ Nadia Comaneci
After
Coming
Else
Everybody
Everybody Else
Good
Gymnastics
Knew
Like
Olympics
People
Romania
See
She
Who
Won
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That's what everybody remembers. They don't remember how many medals I won in my career. They remember the 10s.
~ Nadia Comaneci
Career
Everybody
How
Many
Medals
Remember
Remembers
Won
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The - I don't want to say older, but the more experienced I get, I treasure and I honor what I've done much more.
~ Nadia Comaneci
Done
Experienced
Get
Honor
More
Much
Older
Say
Treasure
Want
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BirthDate
12 November, 1961
Country
Romania
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