Bela Karolyi Quotes
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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…
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My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.
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Success depends on how much you are willing to sacrifice, how much you are willing to alter your everyday life for a particular goal.
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You have to have competent people evaluating the athlete, not the housewives!
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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…
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The Olympics shows the community what gymnastics is all about.
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I know gymnastics. It's always been a subjective appreciation.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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I am very familiar with Hungary, because I grew up in Romania, which borders it.
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Genetics is all about showcasing human beauty along with high-quality performance.
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What is a better way to prove that your methods work than by winning? I have proved that my methods work.
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The rest of the world laughed at American gymnastics before I came.
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I would love very much to win a medal at the Olympics for myself, by my own performance. But that will never happen.
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What is the cruelest thing you can do to someone who is trying to concentrate? Call their name.
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I consider myself very lucky that I could live my life through all the ups and downs.
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The crowd sometimes plays a tremendous role to give you wings and carry you to victory.
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