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… — 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
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
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
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
I am very familiar with Hungary, because I grew up in Romania, which borders it. — Bela Karolyi Copy Share
I consider myself very lucky that I could live my life through all the ups and downs. — Bela Karolyi Copy Share
You have to have competent people evaluating the athlete, not the housewives! — Bela Karolyi Copy Share
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
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
In gymnastics, smaller will always be better in many ways. The stress in the head, that will be the same for all. But the… — Bela Karolyi Copy Share
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… — Bela Karolyi Copy Share
