Nadia Comaneci Quotes

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Nadia Comaneci

Profession : Athlete

Birth : November 12, 1961

I work out every day, but my idea is to make something short. I work out a maximum half hour. I only do like 20 minutes of cardio, and I do some stretching and some light weights, and I'm out of there.

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I had a lot of energy, and my mom decided to look for a place where I can spend the energy, because I was jumping on the couch and furniture, and I was jumping on the top of the things in the house.

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I'm not a dreamer for, you know, 'I want to go to the moon someday.' I accomplished something when I was young, which was much more than I expected to. My results were much bigger than I ever dreamed about it.

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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.

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I never personally complained; everybody else complained for me.

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When I look back, I am happy that my mum took me to the gymnastics club. I didn't join gymnastics to become a famous athlete or celebrity; it just happened - I did more than I expected, of course.

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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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Maybe that's why I like gymnastics - because I like to fly.

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I live in the moment. I can turn the page and move on.

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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.

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I would love to be in 'Dancing With the Stars.'

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I have a classic taste with a twist, because classic never goes away.

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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 always say I don't want to change anything in my life.

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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 don't think many people consider in their heart that they have two places that are home.

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I cannot change anything, so I don't want to think about what I would have done.

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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 didn't realize that winning the Olympics at age 14 automatically put me in the category of being a celebrity.

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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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