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" 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 couldn't do everything in the first or second day; it took me years to be able to get to the achievement that I've had. I wasn't perfect from the beginning. "

Nadia Comaneci

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Beginning

Achievement

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

Nadia Comaneci

Because

Why

" 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. "

" Everything I do today is because of what I did when I was 14. "

" I made the cover of 'Sports Illustrated,' 'Newsweek' and 'Time' all in one week, and I didn't even know what that meant. "

" 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. "

" We developed a system in Romania that was very successfully continued for a number of years, but I don't know if it was because of some conflict in the organisation or whether there was government interference... but somehow, they have forgotten the importance of raising gymnasts to be ready for every Olympics. "

" In Montreal, I kept thinking, 'Pay attention: this is the Olympics! It only happens once every four years!' "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I remember before the Olympics, I was asked, 'What do you think you're going to do in the Olympics?' and I said, 'I'm hoping I'm going to win a medal, and, if possible, it's going to be a gold one.' "

" See, when I went to the Olympics in '76, the gymnastics people knew that I was good, but everybody else, after I won, everybody was like, 'Where's she coming from? Who is she? What is Romania?' "

" Now, I have a kid, I have businesses to take care of, I have to travel. I have to sit down... and find a little time for me. "

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

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

" I think that when you are on a four-inch balance beam, you don't care about laughing or smiling or waving to the crowd because you're going to be down in a second. "

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

" I am very highly appreciated in my country, and everybody seems to love me. "

" I thought I was going to retire at 20, and I was going to be a surgeon. "

" Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard could not figure out how to put out a score, it made the story more historic. "

Nadia Comaneci

Big

Story

" 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. "

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

" I am a relaxed person. I am very happy. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I ended up in the US for a month or so, before moving to Montreal with some Romanian friends. "

Nadia Comaneci

Moving

Montreal

" When you're growing up, you realize you've got a lot of heavy things on your shoulders. "