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


Nadia Comaneci

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AMIR KHAN I want to be an Olympic champion.
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JEREMY ABBOTT I always look back to my first Olympic medal in 2004 in Athens. I was very new to the sport, and it ...
ALLYSON FELIX I will not be the world champion. But I will be the Olympic champion.
ANTOINE DENERIAZ I never really felt I had the same respect as my male team-mates. My opinion wasn't worth as muc...
VICTORIA PENDLETON I've been involved in sport right through my life.
LYNN DAVIES Coach Hart told me I could be Olympic champion.
JEREMY WARINER I was never invited to the White House. They invited that Olympic Russian gymnast - that little Comm...
BOBBY FISCHER But the heat was loaded - the Olympic champion, world champion and European champion were all in it....
LEE MCCONNELL I think she has done so much for the sport, and she has been a champion for so many years, I'm guess...
ALISSA CZISNY You can't really insult us anymore. It is an Olympic sport.
MAUREEN BRUNT I have always had a dream to take part in an Olympic Games, and losing my leg didn't change anyt...
NATALIE DU TOIT I am a dreamer. And what I dream of is to become Olympic champion, world champion, world record hold...
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LIU XIANG When badminton was accepted into the Barcelona Olympic Games it showed that there was an acceptance ...
RHONDA CATOR I was a semi-professional gymnast as a child. I did rhythmic gymnastics, but I sustained an injury a...
GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE She's been a tremendous champion through the years. She's been a great ambassador to the sport. ... ...
DAVID RAITH I ran like a champion. It is a great consolation to show how dominant I am. I am the Olympic champio...
JUSTIN GATLIN All [of the] team has to step up ... of course our kids who are experienced - we have an Olympic Cha...
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DAVID GRIFFITH There's no politics involved. It's about as fair a way you can have to determine a champion.
JAKE SHIELDS The time would have been faster and the world record would have been threatened. But I still would h...
JUSTIN GATLIN No one likes a show-off, but if parallel parking was an Olympic sport, I would get gold, no probs.
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WANG MENG I have always been involved in my school's music program.
MANIKA I've always dreamed of an Olympic medal.
KEETH SMART As a competitive gymnast, my life has always been filled with challenges that would ultimately defin...
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GENE KELLY I thought I was going to retire at 20, and I was going to be a surgeon.
NADIA COMANECI Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic,...
NADIA COMANECI Other kids had more talent, but I was the most focused.
NADIA COMANECI I like to tell young people to work hard for your goals and live in the moment.
NADIA COMANECI We only had white socks in Romania. But when I used to come back from the States, I used to bring ba...
NADIA COMANECI I know my life story sounds too extraordinary to be true.
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 Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competiti...
NADIA COMANECI I'm not a dreamer for, you know, 'I want to go to the moon someday.' I accomplished some...
NADIA COMANECI I come from a wonderful country with wonderful people.
NADIA COMANECI I hoped to win a medal and hoped it would be gold. I knew I was good but didn't know I would be ...
NADIA COMANECI One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989.
NADIA COMANECI It's very hard to get to the top. It's hardest to stay at the top.
NADIA COMANECI I wanted to have a free life.
NADIA COMANECI I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with thei...
NADIA COMANECI You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people.
NADIA COMANECI When you go out of your country and meet people, you get a wider perspective.
NADIA COMANECI If I have a feeling of not trusting, I don't get too close.
NADIA COMANECI Enjoy the journey and try to get better every day. And don't lose the passion and the love for w...
NADIA COMANECI Life is not easy for anyone. You have to have ups and downs. You can make mistakes. You learn and tr...
NADIA COMANECI Maybe that's why I like gymnastics - because I like to fly.
NADIA COMANECI I never thought I would be standing here, married to an All-American guy, living in Oklahoma. What a...
NADIA COMANECI What makes me happy is the appreciation of people around me.
NADIA COMANECI My marriage to my husband, Bart Conner in 1996 is my proudest personal moment.
NADIA COMANECI I think that when you are on a four-inch balance beam, you don't care about laughing or smiling ...
NADIA COMANECI People always accused me of not smiling like my rival Olga Korbut, but that was just my personality....
NADIA COMANECI It feels good when you come to a place like Oklahoma to charge up the batteries. I need that.
NADIA COMANECI I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only...
NADIA COMANECI Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.
NADIA COMANECI You can't jump from little things to big things. It just takes time and patience.
NADIA COMANECI It was my mother who got me involved in gymnastics, sending me to classes when I was six just to sto...
NADIA COMANECI I basically have my life today as a result of what I did as a child. What did I miss out on? Yeah, I...
NADIA COMANECI I didn't know I wanted to be a gymnast; I was just introduced to the gym. I loved the place beca...
NADIA COMANECI I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way...
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NADIA COMANECI I had more pressure when I competed in Moscow. I had no pressure in Montreal because I only went to ...
NADIA COMANECI I made the cover of 'Sports Illustrated,' 'Newsweek' and 'Time' all in one w...
NADIA COMANECI I thought celebrity meant Hollywood, that's it. I began to see that does include Olympians. Peop...
NADIA COMANECI I wasn't allowed to leave Romania. That made me mad. You just want your freedom. You want your s...
NADIA COMANECI It's a new chapter in our lives. I'm happy. It kind of makes my life and Bart's life and our familie...
NADIA COMANECI The fans had become used to looking toward the scoreboard whenever a gymnast stuck a landing. You co...
NADIA COMANECI I did not even look at the scoreboard when my routine was done in 1976.
NADIA COMANECI Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard coul...
NADIA COMANECI Ceausescu thought I had only a few medals, but I have a room full of them in Bucharest, between 150-...
NADIA COMANECI I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6.
NADIA COMANECI I have always wanted an Olympic medal. I always wanted to see India's national flag going up at ...
SAINA NEHWAL Austria is a ski nation, and everybody wants to talk or to be with an Olympic champion. It's a great...
FRITZ STROBL I told myself after 2008 that I was done for good. But they say you can't keep a gymnast away fr...
SHAWN JOHNSON Insurance, as a means of economic compensation, has always played an important role in ensuring the ...
WANG WEI I would be happy with an Olympic bronze. What I don't have is an Olympic medal.
PAULA RADCLIFFE I always thought my Olympic bronze medal was the highlight of my career,
IVAN LJUBICIC As a little kid, not only is my dad Jo-Jo White, but M. L. Carr is involved in the family, Red Auerb...
BRIAN J. WHITE What I can tell them is the way you become an Olympic champion is to start working now. I tell them ...
RAFER JOHNSON We will do all we can. For us, being an Olympic sport is very, very important. Baseball is one of th...
ALDO NOTARI The Olympics is a special event and winning is very important. For me as a world record holder and w...
DAVID RUDISHA I always thought the Vancouver Olympics would be my last destination, but I'm extending it to So...
KIM YUNA I didn't aspire to be a good sport; 'champion' was good enough for me.
FRED PERRY An Olympic medal won't define my whole life, although it might look like it to onlookers. When I...
PAULA RADCLIFFE I hate how late we have our Olympic Trials, always have.
NATALIE COUGHLIN It's my choice today that is the memory of tomorrow. It's my choice that determines what I will beco...
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DAVID HANSON My life has always been compartmentalized into different aspects. I have my speed skating Olympic pu...
APOLO OHNO Michelle has done so much for the sport and been a champion so many years, I'm guessing they will gi...
ALISSA CZISNY In all my years in theater, I have never been involved in anything as extraordinary as this.
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NADIA COMANECI It feels good when you come to a place like Oklahoma to charge up the batteries. I need that.
NADIA COMANECI I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only...
NADIA COMANECI Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.
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NADIA COMANECI I basically have my life today as a result of what I did as a child. What did I miss out on? Yeah, I...
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NADIA COMANECI I had more pressure when I competed in Moscow. I had no pressure in Montreal because I only went to ...
NADIA COMANECI I made the cover of 'Sports Illustrated,' 'Newsweek' and 'Time' all in one w...
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NADIA COMANECI I wasn't allowed to leave Romania. That made me mad. You just want your freedom. You want your s...
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NADIA BOULANGER A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
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NADIA BOULANGER A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
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NADIA BOLZ-WEBER