Bela Karolyi Quotes


What is a better way to prove that your methods work than by winning? I have proved that my methods work.


Citations

Karolyi, Bela, and Nancy Ann Richardson. Feel No Fear: The Power, Passion, and Politics of a Life in Gymnastics. Hyperion, 1994.

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Bela Karolyi
Bela Karolyi
  • Born: September 13, 1942
  • Nationality: Romanian
  • Profession: Gymnastics Coach

Béla Károlyi is a Hungarian-born Romanian-American gymnastics coach. Early in his coaching career he developed the Romanian centralised training system for gymnastics. One of his earliest protégés was Nadia Comăneci, the first Olympic Games gymnast to be awarded a perfect score. Living under the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu, Károlyi frequently clashed with Romanian officials. He and his wife defected to the United States in 1981.