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.
From Bela Karolyi
I know gymnastics. It's always been a subjective appreciation.
I am very familiar with Hungary, because I grew up in Romania, which borders it.
My gymnasts are always the best-prepared in the world. And they win. In the end, that's what matters.
The rest of the world laughed at American gymnastics before I came.
The crowd sometimes plays a tremendous role to give you wings and carry you to victory.
The Olympics shows the community what gymnastics is all about.
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.
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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