As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport. Nadia Comaneci More Quotes by Nadia Comaneci More Quotes From 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 revolution sports country One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989. Nadia Comaneci difficult-times november sports I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6. Nadia Comaneci gymnastics age school In the qualifying event in Rio...they simply didn't have the girls as the only experienced member was Ponor but she can’t do three routines on every apparatus, a lot of people think this is the death of Romanian gymnastics but I don’t think that's true. It’s just an unfortunate situation for now. Nadia Comaneci sports There will be a big hole in my stomach (on Sunday) when I won’t see my team, it’s like someone important is missing from a party because you can’t imagine an Olympic gymnastics competition without Romania. Nadia Comaneci sports When one member of the team got injured, it started a chain of bad luck as the others were left really shaken and then they just panicked, ...One girl got injured, then one girl fell off bars and then you couldn't stop the mistakes. Nadia Comaneci sports The fascinating thing for us to bring home to Romania was bubble gum, coloured socks and coloured hair clips. These were things we did n’t have in Romania at the time, we only had white socks in Romania. But when I used to come back from the States, I used to bring back pink and yellow socks with all kind of designs, and hair clips and elastic bands for the ponytail that had colourful designs. Nadia Comaneci sports Every time there is a zero in the anniversary, it’s kind of bigger. There was 10, then 20, then 30 and now 40, it seems like a lot of numbers. It’s like half of your life is gone, but to realise that it’s 40 years since it happened, it’s like' oh my gosh, really ?' . Nadia Comaneci sports The fact that the scoreboard could not show the 10 added to the drama, it made it bigger, scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard could not figure out how to put out a score, it made the story more historic. Nadia Comaneci sports 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 day passion journey love You can't jump from little things to big things. It just takes time and patience. Nadia Comaneci you little-things time patience What makes me happy is the appreciation of people around me. Nadia Comaneci me happy appreciation people 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 life When you're growing up, you realize you've got a lot of heavy things on your shoulders. Nadia Comaneci realize your you growing-up I live in the moment. I can turn the page and move on. Nadia Comaneci turn live moment i-can I wanted to have a free life. Nadia Comaneci free free-life wanted life I have a classic taste with a twist, because classic never goes away. Nadia Comaneci away never classic taste I know my life story sounds too extraordinary to be true. Nadia Comaneci true my-life story life It's very hard to get to the top. It's hardest to stay at the top. Nadia Comaneci stay top hard hardest Maybe that's why I like gymnastics - because I like to fly. Nadia Comaneci fly why because like
