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" I like seeing advanced acrobatics, but I also like to see more than tumbling. It's important to combine the artistry of gymnastics with the tough skills. It's called artistic gymnastics. We should stand by the name. "

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" It was good to be a kid because I did not realise all the things that came with the success. Going to the Games, I was asked what I expected to do. "

Nadia Comaneci

Things

Kid

Going

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

" 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. "

Nadia Comaneci

I Am Happy

Famous

" It's like someone important is missing from a party because you can't imagine an Olympic gymnastics competition without Romania. "

Nadia Comaneci

Competition

Party

" I come from a communist country. We learned nothing of lawyers, nothing about rights. "

" I like Oklahoma. It's a quiet place. You can work, and nobody disturbs you. "

" 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. "

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

" I come from a wonderful country with wonderful people. "

" I like to tell young people to work hard for your goals and live in the moment. "

" I never personally complained; everybody else complained for me. "

Nadia Comaneci

Everybody

Everybody Else

" 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

Laugh

" If I have a feeling of not trusting, I don't get too close. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I didn't know I wanted to be a gymnast; I was just introduced to the gym. I loved the place because it looked like a hi-tech playground with mats and a lot of things I can hang from. "

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

" One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Gymnastics should be popular everywhere; you just need the right person to start the right programme. "

" 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. "

" At some particular time, when I was 14 years old, I've done something that people didn't expect. "

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

" 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. "

" After retiring from competition in 1981, I did exhibitions and coached. "

" I wanted to have a free life. "

" I thought celebrity meant Hollywood, that's it. I began to see that does include Olympians. People have so much respect for Olympians. "

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