Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" 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. "
Nadia Comaneci
You
Work
Care
Related Quotes:
" Enjoy the journey and try to get better every day. And don't lose the passion and the love for what you do. "
Nadia Comaneci
Enjoy
Passion
You
" I ended up in the US for a month or so, before moving to Montreal with some Romanian friends. "
Nadia Comaneci
Up
Moving
Montreal
" In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too. "
Nadia Comaneci
Win
Enough
Good
" 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
Like
" 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
Me
Space
" People think you have pressure when you are young. It's the other way round, actually. "
Nadia Comaneci
Pressure
Young
You
" I don't think many people consider in their heart that they have two places that are home. "
Nadia Comaneci
Two
Heart
Home
" 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. "
Nadia Comaneci
Travel
Take Care
Down
" My mother never watched me train in Romania. She wasn't allowed, it just wasn't done back then. My training was paid for by the government. My parents were not at the Olympics with me, either. I never expected them to be. "
Nadia Comaneci
Parents
Mother
Training
" 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. "
Nadia Comaneci
Know
Gym
I Can
" I come from a communist country. We learned nothing of lawyers, nothing about rights. "
Nadia Comaneci
Nothing
Rights
Lawyers
" I am very highly appreciated in my country, and everybody seems to love me. "
Nadia Comaneci
Country
Love
I Am
" I have a classic taste with a twist, because classic never goes away. "
Nadia Comaneci
Never
Taste
Classic
" One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989. "
Nadia Comaneci
Most
November
My Life
" Once you become an Olympic champion, you are expected to win all the time. "
Nadia Comaneci
Become
You
Time
" Gymnastics was my way to travelling the world. "
Nadia Comaneci
Way
Travelling
Gymnastics
" Gymnastics is so huge in the Olympics. There are a lot of fans who want to see more. "
Nadia Comaneci
See
Who
More
" As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport. "
Nadia Comaneci
Champion
Always
Involved
" Yes, gymnasts aim for perfection, but I never thought about the score. If that's what's in your mind, it will probably mess you up. "
Nadia Comaneci
You
Perfection
Mind
" 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
Me
Famous
" I'm the kind of person, I leave a little space for better. "
Nadia Comaneci
Better
Person
Space
" My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians. "
Nadia Comaneci
Very
Loving
Parents
" 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
Mistakes
Ups And Downs
You
" I remember everything from 1976. I remember I was 14, and I remember my routines. "
Nadia Comaneci
I Remember
Remember
Everything
" I always say I don't want to change anything in my life. "
Nadia Comaneci
Say
My Life
Life
" I like risky stuff. "
Nadia Comaneci
Stuff
Like
Risky
" I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age. "
Nadia Comaneci
Time
Six
Old
" 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. "
Nadia Comaneci
Know
You
Try
" I thought I was going to retire at 20, and I was going to be a surgeon. "
Nadia Comaneci
Thought
Going
Surgeon
" Everything I do today is because of what I did when I was 14. "
Nadia Comaneci
Everything
Today
Because