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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. "

Nadia Comaneci

Right

Success

Now

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" When I got married in Bucharest, there were 10,000 people on the street. People didn't go to work that day. It was emotional to see how people care about you. I didn't expect that. "

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Why

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

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Everybody Else

" People ask me what the definition of perfection, I said it's none: there is no definition of perfection. "

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Ask

Said

" I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age. "

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

" 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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Laugh

" 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. "

" My message to the ladies would be, you can do all of the things, but not all of them at the same 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. "

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I Am Happy

Famous

" I think a lot of people don't actually know me. They think, 'She's like this,' or, 'She's like that.' They say I have no emotions - I do, but you couldn't see them then. I had to keep them inside. "

" My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians. "

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

" Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition. "

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

" People think you have pressure when you are young. It's the other way round, actually. "

" We only had white socks in Romania. But when I used to come back from the States, I used to bring back pink and yellow socks with all kind of designs, and hair clips and elastic bands for the ponytail that had colourful designs. "

" It was my mother who got me involved in gymnastics, sending me to classes when I was six just to stop me doing back flips on the couch and destroying the furniture. "

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Mother

Furniture

" I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6. "