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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Nadia Comaneci

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" 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 know my life story sounds too extraordinary to be true. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" I like America. I don't want to hurt America. "

Nadia Comaneci

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" As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport. "

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

" 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. "

Nadia Comaneci

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

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

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I wanted to have a free life. "

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

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

" It's very hard to get to the top. It's hardest to stay at the top. "

" 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. "

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

Nadia Comaneci

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