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" 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. "

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" 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?' "

Nadia Comaneci

Good

Coming

She

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

" 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. "

" Life is not easy for anyone. You have to have ups and downs. You can make mistakes. You learn and try not to make them again. That's pretty much my principle. "

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

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

" Two days after returning from Montreal, I was training again, and I went on to win two more golds at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. "

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

" When I was 14, I had no pressure. I was a kid, and I didn't understand all the attention. "

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

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

Nadia Comaneci

Everybody

Everybody Else

" We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests. "

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

" 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 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. "

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

" I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives. "

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

Nadia Comaneci

Because

Why

" Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win. "

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

" My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians. "

" Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid. "

Nadia Comaneci

Kid

Career

" 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. "

" I wasn't allowed to leave Romania. That made me mad. You just want your freedom. You want your space. You want opportunity. "

Nadia Comaneci

Freedom

Space

" I always say, 'When the Olympics are happening, you shouldn't be in any other place in the planet - you should be here.' "

" I remember everything from 1976. I remember I was 14, and I remember my routines. "

" 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. "

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

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