Comaneci Nadia Quotes & Sayings

As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport. — Nadia Comaneci

Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win. — Nadia Comaneci

Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic, and prospering, since the revolution in 1989. — Nadia Comaneci

When you fall, leap to your feet and try again. — Nadia Comaneci

For some people life outside the spotlight is death. — Nadia Comaneci

I like to tell young people to work hard for your goals and live in the moment. — Nadia Comaneci

Consider the concepts referred to in the words 'where', 'when', 'why', 'being', to the elucidation of which innumerable volumes of philosophy have been devoted. We fare no better in our speculations than a fish which should strive to become clear as to what is water. — Albert Einstein

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

Jump off the beam, flip off the bars follows your dreams, and reach for the stars — Nadia Comaneci

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run towards it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your foot — Nadia Comaneci

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

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

Everything I do today is because of what I did when I was 14. — Nadia Comaneci

'Silver Spoons' was great memories - absolutely the best. — Ricky Schroder

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

knows how this will end: but assuredly in one extreme or the other. There can be no medium between those who have loved so much. — Jon Meacham

I studied at the Hebrew University Medical Faculty, graduated, and was an Israel Defense Forces' combat physician on a Navy ship. — Aaron Ciechanover

And we will know them by their actions there. C — Alexander Freed

Everything can change in an instant. Everything. And then there is only before and after. — Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

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

My marriage to my husband, Bart Conner in 1996 is my proudest personal moment. — Nadia Comaneci

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

Only by declaring a book completely finished can one start to see how much remains to be done on it. — Alain De Botton

My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians. — Nadia Comaneci

In the two weeks following the All-Star Game, baseball was largely upstaged by the events of the XXI Olympiad in Montreal, including Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci's seven perfect 10.0 scores, Bruce Jenner's record-setting decathlon triumph, and the five gold medals won by U.S. boxers Howard Davis Jr., Sugar Ray Leonard, Leo Randolph, and brothers Leon and Michael Spinks - the mightiest performance of any American boxing team in Olympic history. — Dan Epstein

I know how to smile, I know how to laugh, I know how to play. But I know how to do these things only after I have fulfilled my mission. — Nadia Comaneci

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority. — Ralph W. Sockman

It is a pity that no one in Paris bothered to quote Coleridge, who wrote, long before cubism, that the true poet is able to reduce 'succession to an instant.' Simultaneity in this sense is the property of all great poetry. — LeRoy C. Breunig

Such a busy bossy dream that would not leave him alone, or give him time to play or sleep, or think of other things. — Grahame Baker-Smith

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. — Nadia Comaneci

I once dreamed of launching revolutions, sparking movements, mobilizing the masses, and changing everything. Now I've learned the beauty and profound significance of simply loving my neighbor. — Jim Palmer

I did not even look at the scoreboard when my routine was done in 1976. My teammates started pointing because there was this uproar (Nadia Comaneci). These remarks highlight an important feature of those practices that entail skilled and active engagement: one's attention is focused on standards intrinsic to the practice, rather than external goods that may be won through the practice, typically money or recognition. Can this distinction between internal and external goods inform our understanding of work? — Matthew B. Crawford

Romanians have a saying, 'Not every dog has a bagel on its tail.' It means that not all streets are paved with gold. When I began my career, I just wanted to do cartwheels. — Nadia Comaneci

If I work on a certain move constantly, then finally, it doesn't seem risky to me. The idea is that the move stays dangerous and it looks dangerous to my foes, but it is not to me. Hard work has made it easy. — Nadia Comaneci

He who praises everybody, praises nobody. — Samuel Johnson

I write for those who desire, not publication at any cost, but publication one can be proud of
serious, honest fiction, the kind of novel that readers will find they enjoy reading more than once, the kind of fiction likely to survive. — John Gardner

I hoped to win a medal and hoped it would be gold. I knew I was good but didn't know I would be the one to score something that had never been done before. — Nadia Comaneci

The only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet. — Nadia Comaneci

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