Nadia Comaneci Quotes

• 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.

  Nadia Comaneci

  Motivational, Sports, Running

  FaceBook post by Nadia Comaneci from Apr 24, 2014

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• Work hard for your goals and live in the moment.

  Nadia Comaneci

  Inspirational, Hard Work, Goal

  Twitter post from Jul 2, 2015

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• Jump off the beam, flip off the bars follows your dreams, and reach for the stars

  Nadia Comaneci

  Dream, Stars, Bars

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

  Nadia Comaneci

  Inspirational, Motivational, Work

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• When you fall, leap to your feet and try again.

  Nadia Comaneci

  Fall, Feet, Trying

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

  Nadia Comaneci

  Positive, Believe, People

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• 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

  Dog, Mean, Careers

  Nadia Comaneci (2009). “Letters to a Young Gymnast”, p.16, Basic Books

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• The only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

  Nadia Comaneci

  Feet, Facing Challenges, Way

  Nadia Comaneci (2009). “Letters to a Young Gymnast”, p.50, Basic Books

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• 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

  Winning, Gold, Would Be

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• 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

  Inspirational, Motivational, Moving

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• 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

  Motivational, Gymnastics, Play

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

  Nadia Comaneci

  Gymnastics, People, Appreciate

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• My marriage to my husband, Bart Conner in 1996 is my proudest personal moment.

  Nadia Comaneci

  Husband, Moments, Grooming

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• for some people life outside the spotlight is death.

  Nadia Comaneci

  People, Spotlight, Fame

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• 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

  Kids, Games, Realising

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

  Nadia Comaneci

  Travel, Coaching, Charity

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

  Nadia Comaneci

  Motivational, Sports, Athlete

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

  Nadia Comaneci

  School, Gymnastics, Age

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• My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians.

  Nadia Comaneci

  Sports, Loving Someone, Parent

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

  Nadia Comaneci

  Sports, Gymnastics, Years

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• 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

  Sports, Country, Revolution

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

  Nadia Comaneci

  Sports, Moving, Months

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

  Nadia Comaneci

  Sports, Gymnastics, People

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

  Nadia Comaneci

  Sports, November, Difficult Times

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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