You have to have competent people evaluating the athlete, not the housewives! Bela Karolyi More Quotes by Bela Karolyi More Quotes From Bela Karolyi Success depends on how much you are willing to sacrifice, how much you are willing to alter your everyday life for a particular goal. Bela Karolyi gymnasticssacrificegoal I believe in playing with your heart, with every fiber in your body-fairly, squarely, by the rules-to win. And I believe that any man's finest moment, the greatest fulfillment of all he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out and lies exhausted on the floor of battle-victorious. Bela Karolyi successsportslying The crowd sometimes plays a tremendous role to give you wings and carry you to victory. Bela Karolyi playwingsgiving When I open many books, or most leading women's magazines, or see almost all TV shows, I don't find myself at all. I am completely anonymous. My value system is not there. Bela Karolyi tv-showsmagazinesbook My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never. Bela Karolyi enoughleadershipattitude Back in Romania, always I was struggling to compete with Vladislav Rastorotsky, the great Russian coach of Lyudmila Turishcheva. He was a powerful coach, internationally. I took him like the major challenge of my life, and pretty soon I'm beating him and we are pushing each other so hard, so fierce. But out of the arena, we are friends. Bela Karolyi powerfulstrugglechallenges I still love to find and develop the young athletes in traditional ways. I like to watch the physical and mental growth. That has always been very exciting. Bela Karolyi growthathletewatches A good 80 percent of the vault is still physical and another percentage of it, 20, 25 percent is mental. Mental is always the mental strength, the confidence building up to that contest or repetition, practice, practice, and practice. Bela Karolyi vaultsbuilding-uppractice No competition, no progress. Bela Karolyi progresscompetition I know gymnastics. It's always been a subjective appreciation. Bela Karolyi gymnasticsknowsappreciation The Olympics shows the community what gymnastics is all about. Bela Karolyi olympicsgymnasticscommunity This team just wasn't good enough today, but they had the unity I always wanted. To have an American team like this has always been a dream of mine. Bela Karolyi teamdreamsports In gymnastics, smaller will always be better in many ways. The stress in the head, that will be the same for all. But the stress on the body and the concussions it must endure, that will always be easier for the little ones. Bela Karolyi gymnasticsstressbody The rest of the world laughed at American gymnastics before I came. Bela Karolyi laughedgymnasticsworld I consider myself very lucky that I could live my life through all the ups and downs. Bela Karolyi ups-downsliving-my-lifelucky I am very familiar with Hungary, because I grew up in Romania, which borders it. Bela Karolyi hungaryromaniaborders The whole thing is just like an explosion, a bomb exploding. Bela Karolyi sports Genetics is all about showcasing human beauty along with high-quality performance. Bela Karolyi humanperformancegeneticsbeauty What makes the vault so spectacular is because it's a very athletic type of event, where it needs a lot of speed, a lot of explosive action and, of course, great coordination. Bela Karolyi eventgreatspeedaction The ideal gymnast would be between 4 feet 7 and 5-2. I wouldn't be able to pinpoint an ideal height, however. It would be foolish to say that a gymnast above 5-2 could not be great. Bela Karolyi saygreatheightfeet
