Nadia Comaneci Quotes

The thing with gymnastics is people don't always know the events. So they'll ask me about the rings, and I'll have to say, 'Women don't do that.' Or they'll use the wrong words, like horse instead of vault. They get confused.

I've always had a fascination with gymnastics, since I was a kid. It was the one thing at the Olympics that I would be like, 'Mom can I stay up late to watch gymnastics?'

Gymnastics is my favorite Olympic sport, hands-down.

My first experience with gymnastics was when I was in daycare. We took a field trip to a gym, and I was hooked.

The gymnastic events are really what I tune into the Summer Olympics for.

I have always been a huge fan of gymnastics.

I didn't know I wanted to be a gymnast; I was just introduced to the gym. I loved the place because it looked like a hi-tech playground with mats and a lot of things I can hang from.

I've always had an undeniable love for gymnastics.

I'm really good at gymnastics, and that's about it.

I was a gymnast when I was little, like 8, 9, 10.

What makes the vault so spectacular is because it's a very athletic type of event, where it needs a lot of speed, a lot of explosive action and, of course, great coordination.

Gymnastics is so complex.

Floor exercise, the longest you run is two or three steps. In the vault, it's not a whole lot more than that.

For the most part I'll probably do floor exercise and balance beam. Those are the two things that I do.

I think gymnastics was associated with the 10. I thought that belonged to the sport, and somehow we gave it way.

I started gymnastics when I was six years old. I was at day care, and they took us on a field trip to a gym club, Bannon's Gymnastix in Houston, and that's how I got started.

I've still got a few moves from my days as a gymnast.

But let me do I will show the world what gymnastics looks like. Well may be this is a future gymnastics.

Gymnastics was my way to travelling the world.

I was a gymnast as a little girl.

Definitely gymnastics, because I was a gymnast for 11 years. That's my thing. My girlfriend Betty Okino was in the 1992 Olympics and won a bronze medal. She's a gymnast. So I'm a huge fan.

I fell in love with gymnastics. I love what I do now. I work with people that I love to be around. Success comes from that.

As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport.

I was a gymnast for years.

Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition.