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Nadia Comaneci

Profession : Athlete

Birth : November 12, 1961

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.

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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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At the end of the day, I just want to see good gymnastics!

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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 was turning actually 15 at the Olympics in '76... I don't think that one year makes a huge difference.

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Two gold medals and two silver, I don't think is that bad... I think I still did a pretty good job.

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I never thought I would be standing here, married to an All-American guy, living in Oklahoma. What a country.

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I tell people, 'Have you ever been to Oklahoma? There are a lot of nice people there that do wonderful things.'

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I used to tell people if they looked at a map, it was right in the middle of the United States. But now everybody knows Oklahoma because of the Thunder and their success. I don't know if I'll get 'Why?' anymore.

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I'm the kind of person, I leave a little space for better.

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When I went into the Montreal Games, nobody expected much out of me.

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Once you become an Olympic champion, you are expected to win all the time.

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What can you know about life at 14? I have learned a lot since, but you learn slowly. You get hit by many things and try to make sense of it.

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I am a relaxed person. I am very happy.

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When you go out of your country and meet people, you get a wider perspective.

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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.

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I did not even look at the scoreboard when my routine was done in 1976.

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The fans had become used to looking toward the scoreboard whenever a gymnast stuck a landing. You could tell they were thinking, 'Was that good enough? Would the numbers read 10.00?' The athlete was looking, too.

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