Nadia Comaneci Quotes

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Nadia Comaneci

Profession : Athlete

Birth : November 12, 1961

Enjoy the journey and try to get better every day. And don't lose the passion and the love for what you do.

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To me, family is what is important. If you don't have it, nothing is going to matter.

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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.

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My marriage to my husband, Bart Conner in 1996 is my proudest personal moment.

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I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives.

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You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people.

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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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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.

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You can't jump from little things to big things. It just takes time and patience.

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I come from a wonderful country with wonderful people.

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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.

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My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians.

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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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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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Nellie Kim, an Olympic champion from the former Soviet Union, got a 10 right after me in '76, but nobody talks about that.

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Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.

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I wanted to have a free life.

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It's very hard to get to the top. It's hardest to stay at the top.

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I know my life story sounds too extraordinary to be true.

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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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