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I believe in playing with your heart, with every fiber in your body-fairly, squarely, by the rules-to win. And I believe that any man’s finest moment.

Bela Karolyi

When I open many books, or most leading women’s magazines, or see almost all TV shows, I don’t find myself at all. I am completely anonymous. My value system is not there.
BELA KAROLYI

Books Magazines Shows TV
I believe in playing with your heart, with every fiber in your body-fairly, squarely, by the rules-to win. And I believe that any man’s finest moment.
BELA KAROLYI

Lying Sports Success
The crowd sometimes plays a tremendous role to give you wings and carry you to victory.
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Giving Play Wings
A good 80 percent of the vault is still physical and another percentage of it, 20, 25 percent is mental.
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Building Practice Up Vault
My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.
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Attitude Enough Leadership
I know gymnastics. It’s always been a subjective appreciation.
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Appreciation Gymnastic Knows
Mental is always the mental strength, the confidence building up to that contest or repetition, practice, practice, and practice.
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Mental Practice Repetition
You have to have competent people evaluating the athlete, not the housewives!
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Athletes Gymnastics People
The Olympics shows the community what gymnastics is all about.
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Community Gymnastics Olympic
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.
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Challenge Powerful Struggle
I consider myself very lucky that I could live my life through all the ups and downs.
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Downs Life Living Lucky Ups
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.
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Athlete Growth Watches
No competition, no progress.
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Competition Power Progress
I am very familiar with Hungary, because I grew up in Romania, which borders it.
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Borders Hungary Romania
This team just wasn’t good enough today, but they had the unity I always wanted. To have an American team like this has always been a dream of mine.
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Dreams Sports Team
The greatest fulfillment of all he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out and lies exhausted on the floor of battle-victorious.
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Battle Heart Victorious Work

I believe in playing with your heart, with every fiber in your body-fairly, squarely, by the rules-to win. And I believe that any man’s finest moment.

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I believe in playing with your heart, with every fiber in your body-fairly, squarely, by the rules-to win. And I believe that any man’s finest moment.

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