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I thought I was going to retire at 20, and I was going to be a surgeon.
Nadia Comaneci
Surgeon
Thought
Retire
Going
I think that when you are on a four-inch balance beam, you don't care about laughing or smiling or waving to the crowd because you're going to be down in a second.
Nadia Comaneci
You
Balance
Care
Down
Think
Waving
Laughing
About
Beam
Crowd
Smiling
Because
dont Care
Going
Second
Gymnastics was my way to travelling the world.
Nadia Comaneci
World
Way
Gymnastics
Travelling
I am not a perfect 10 anymore. I can only try my best.
Nadia Comaneci
Best
Try
Only
Perfect
Am
Anymore
We used to exchange leotards with gymnasts from other countries. I don't remember who I got my most prized leotard from, but it was one with a lot of stars on it.
Nadia Comaneci
Remember
Stars
Other
Other Countries
Exchange
Countries
Most
Got
Lot
Prized
Used
Who
Yes, gymnasts aim for perfection, but I never thought about the score. If that's what's in your mind, it will probably mess you up.
Nadia Comaneci
You
Mind
Will
Thought
Aim
About
Never
Perfection
Mess
Score
Up
Yes
Your
In Montreal, I kept thinking, 'Pay attention: this is the Olympics! It only happens once every four years!'
Nadia Comaneci
Pay
Pay Attention
Every
Thinking
Once
Montreal
Only
Attention
Years
Happens
Four
Kept
Olympics
I like seeing advanced acrobatics, but I also like to see more than tumbling. It's important to combine the artistry of gymnastics with the tough skills. It's called artistic gymnastics. We should stand by the name.
Nadia Comaneci
Tough
Important
See
Seeing
More
Gymnastics
Advanced
Combine
Name
Like
Also
Than
Artistic
Artistry
Should
Skills
Stand
Of course I used to smile and laugh in 1976, but not when I was competing. Please show me somebody who laughs when they are concentrating; I always smiled.
Nadia Comaneci
Smile
Me
Somebody
Please
Laugh
Laughs
Concentrating
Smiled
Course
Always
Used
Show
Who
Competing
I come from a communist country. We learned nothing of lawyers, nothing about rights.
Nadia Comaneci
Rights
Country
Nothing
About
Lawyers
Come
Learned
Communist
I think a lot of people don't actually know me. They think, 'She's like this,' or, 'She's like that.' They say I have no emotions - I do, but you couldn't see them then. I had to keep them inside.
Nadia Comaneci
Me
You
People
Emotions
Think
Say
Inside
See
Had
Like
Know
She
Lot
Them
Then
Keep
They Say
Actually
I wasn't allowed to leave Romania. That made me mad. You just want your freedom. You want your space. You want opportunity.
Nadia Comaneci
Freedom
Me
You
Opportunity
Space
Made
Mad
Allowed
Leave
Just
Romania
Want
Your
Your Freedom
When I got married in Bucharest, there were 10,000 people on the street. People didn't go to work that day. It was emotional to see how people care about you. I didn't expect that.
Nadia Comaneci
Work
Day
You
People
Care
Married
See
About
Emotional
Got
How
Go
Were
Expect
Street
I made the cover of 'Sports Illustrated,' 'Newsweek' and 'Time' all in one week, and I didn't even know what that meant.
Nadia Comaneci
Time
Sports
Made
Week
Know
Sports Illustrated
Cover
Newsweek
Meant
Even
Illustrated
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.
Nadia Comaneci
Good
Me
Mistake
People
Win
Made
Too
Enough
Pretty
Pretty Good
Up
Expected
Ended
Which
Second
Olympics
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.
Nadia Comaneci
Time
Me
Travel
Care
Sit
Down
Kid
Find
Take
Take Care
Little
Little Time
Businesses
Now
My message to the ladies would be, you can do all of the things, but not all of them at the same time.
Nadia Comaneci
Time
You
Would
Would-Be
Message
Same
Same Time
Ladies
Them
Things
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.
Nadia Comaneci
Work
People
Too Much
Girl
Young
Assume
Too
Way
About
Lot
Them
Much
Hard
Things
I never personally complained; everybody else complained for me.
Nadia Comaneci
Me
Everybody
Everybody Else
Else
Never
Personally
That's what everybody remembers. They don't remember how many medals I won in my career. They remember the 10s.
Nadia Comaneci
Remember
Everybody
Remembers
How
Won
Many
Medals
Career
I always say I don't want to change anything in my life.
Nadia Comaneci
Life
Change
My Life
Say
Always
Want
Anything
I'm very good friends with my former coaches. We speak on the phone a lot.
Nadia Comaneci
Good
Speak
Phone
Good Friends
Lot
Friends
Very
Former
Coaches
I don't think many people consider in their heart that they have two places that are home.
Nadia Comaneci
Home
Heart
People
Think
Consider
Places
Many
Two
I didn't realize that winning the Olympics at age 14 automatically put me in the category of being a celebrity.
Nadia Comaneci
Me
Age
Winning
Put
Category
Celebrity
Being
Automatically
Realize
Olympics
I couldn't do everything in the first or second day; it took me years to be able to get to the achievement that I've had. I wasn't perfect from the beginning.
Nadia Comaneci
Day
Me
Achievement
First
Beginning
Took
Everything
Able
Perfect
Had
Years
Get
Second
I think gymnastics was associated with the 10. I thought that belonged to the sport, and somehow we gave it way.
Nadia Comaneci
Thought
Think
Gave
Way
Somehow
Gymnastics
Sport
Belonged
Associated
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