In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.
From Nadia Comaneci
When you're growing up, you realize you've got a lot of heavy things on your shoulders.
Now, I have a kid, I have businesses to take care of, I have to travel. I have to sit down... and find a little time for me.
My message to the ladies would be, you can do all of the things, but not all of them at the same time.
I work out every day, but my idea is to make something short. I work out a maximum half hour. I only do like 20 minutes of cardio, and I do some stretching and some light weights, and I'm out of there.
I had a lot of energy, and my mom decided to look for a place where I can spend the energy, because I was jumping on the couch and furniture, and I was jumping on the top of the things in the house.
I'm not a dreamer for, you know, 'I want to go to the moon someday.' I accomplished something when I was young, which was much more than I expected to. My results were much bigger than I ever dreamed about it.
I wanted to have a free life.
People assume a lot of things about gymnasts - that the girls work too hard, it's way too much for them, they are too young to work so hard.
I never personally complained; everybody else complained for me.
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