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… — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
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… — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
My gymnasts are always the best-prepared in the world. And they win. In the end, that's what matters. — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
I'm tired of being hunted all over. I can't go anywhere without criticism. — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
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… — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
I still love to find and develop the young athletes in traditional ways. I like to watch the physical and mental growth. That has… — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
A good 80 percent of the vault is still physical and another percentage of it, 20, 25 percent is mental. Mental is always the… — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
I am very familiar with Hungary, because I grew up in Romania, which borders it. — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
I consider myself very lucky that I could live my life through all the ups and downs. — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
You have to have competent people evaluating the athlete, not the housewives! — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
Back in Romania, always I was struggling to compete with Vladislav Rastorotsky, the great Russian coach of Lyudmila Turishcheva. He was a powerful coach,… — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
What is a better way to prove that your methods work than by winning? I have proved that my methods work. — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
Just like an animal, when you want to survive, you don't think anymore. — Bela Karolyi Copy Share Image
