"Back in Romania, always I was struggling to……" — Bela Karolyi
"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."
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Bela Karolyi
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19 Quotes by Bela Karolyi
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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A good 80 percent of the vault is still physical and another percentage of it, 20, 25 percent is mental.…
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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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