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Nadia Comăneci Quotes

born 1961 Romania

Nadia Elena Comăneci Conner (née Comăneci; born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian retired gymnast. She is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events.

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I decided to put a little more amplitude at every skill. I call it the ‘Nadia Touch.’ So, I think that little thing, the Nadia touch, made my routine look just a little better.

To be here to celebrate this amazing 50 years since 1976 is, I don’t know, a once-in-a-lifetime event. That’s probably what’s good about making history at 14, you get to celebrate the half-century since.

When you go in a competition where you have 12,000 people in an arena, it's just a moment that you feel in the stomach that you can't explain. A little bit of anxiety, a little bit of panic – am I prepared good enough to handle this thing?

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Nadia Comăneci (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.