Bela Karolyi quotes

Back in Romania, always I was struggling to compete with Vladislav Rastorotsky, the great Russian coach of Lyudmila Turishcheva. He was a powerful coach, internationally. I took him like the major challenge of my life, and pretty soon I'm beating him and we are pushing each other so hard, so fierce. But out of the arena, we are friends. (Bela Karolyi)
A good 80 percent of the vault is still physical and another percentage of it, 20, 25 percent is mental. Mental is always the mental strength, the confidence building up to that contest or repetition, practice, practice, and practice. View quote
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In gymnastics, smaller will always be better in many ways. The stress in the head, that will be the same for all. But the stress on the body and the concussions it must endure, that will always be easier for the little ones. View quote
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I consider myself very lucky that I could live my life through all the ups and downs. View quote
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The crowd sometimes plays a tremendous role to give you wings and carry you to victory. View quote
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I still love to find and develop the young athletes in traditional ways. I like to watch the physical and mental growth. That has always been very exciting. View quote
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The Olympics shows the community what gymnastics is all about. View quote
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The rest of the world laughed at American gymnastics before I came. View quote
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I am very familiar with Hungary, because I grew up in Romania, which borders it. View quote
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I know gymnastics. It's always been a subjective appreciation. View quote
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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. (Bela Karolyi)