Nadia Comaneci Quotes

Confidence in a bloke would be arrogance in a woman. For years, I didn't give interviews because I was scared of people judging me or thinking I was arrogant.

It gets frustrating when my male counterparts are questioned about their game or performance, whereas I am fielding questions on gender stereotypes and my ability to stay committed to the game on account of my gender.

From a very young age, parents are pushing their boys to achieve in a way they don't always do for girls.

I didn't want to be a boy, ever, but I was outraged that his height and intelligence were graces for him and gaucheries for me.

When a father climbs a dangerous mountain and dies, we mourn. When a mother does, we question her judgment. How could she?

And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.

Sadly, in any industry and in any work-related environment, females always strive to achieve a certain amount of perfection, whether that be skinny or pretty. It's a constant, in our society.

A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!

Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?

Basically, women have to prove they are strong at all times. And then when they go on the attack, they have to not appear mean because those women often get the label of being catty.

If it's a woman, it's caustic; if it's a man, it's authoritative.

Just because I'm a woman does not mean I have to deal with everything to do with food.

I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.

I think there will always be a double standard between males and females, so I think that an actress is more likely to protect her public persona, so to speak, than an actor would be.

If I want to dislike women, I should be allowed to. As it happens, I love them. Women to me are privately worshipped and publicly disdained.

Women blame men for their own singlehood.

We live in a patriarchal culture. It's okay for women to be objectified but not for men.

There's an unconscious bias in our society: girls are wonderful; boys are terrible. And to be a boy, or young man, growing up, having to listen to all this, it must be painful.

When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho.

I don't like this idea of division: that if you're a clever woman then you've got to be a particular way. Because men don't. Men please themselves.

If you're a man and you ask questions, you're a genius; if you're a woman, you're difficult.

As women get more powerful, they get less likable. I see women holding themselves back because of this, but if we start talking about the success-likability penalty women face, then we can do something about it.

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

Women must pay for everything…. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but also, women get more notoriety when they crash.

She is a great man whose only flaw is that she is a woman.