Facts About Nadia Comăneci You Need To Know

Published on 11/19/2018
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Practice Makes Perfect

Béla Károlyi was the type of person who prioritized hard work and dedication. He must have been happy to take someone so similar under his wing. When Nadia was 13 years old, she was working with Béla 8 hours every day for 6 days a week. That’s the dedication it takes when you have dreams of greatness. Clearly, the pair was not going to let anything get in the way of their goals.

Practice Makes Perfect

Practice Makes Perfect

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Never Too Much

A couple of years after winning her first championship, some people wanted to know if Nadia felt like the Károlyis pushed her too hard. She answered by saying that this was not true. In fact, she was the one who always wanted to take the extra mile by insisting on doing more whenever Béla assigned her an exercise. This was evidently someone who wanted to be the best at her craft no matter what.

Never Too Much

Never Too Much

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