The crowd sometimes plays a tremendous role to give you wings and carry you to victory.
“The crowd sometimes plays a tremendous role to give you wings and carry you to victory.” Bela Karolyi
“The crowd sometimes plays a tremendous role to give you wings and carry you to victory.” 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 … Read More
“My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.” Bela Karolyi
“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. … Read More
“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 … Read More
“The Olympics shows the community what gymnastics is all about.” 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 … Read More
“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 … Read More
“No competition, no progress.” Bela Karolyi
“I know gymnastics. It’s always been a subjective appreciation.” Bela Karolyi
“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 … Read More
“The rest of the world laughed at American gymnastics before I came.” Bela Karolyi
“I consider myself very lucky that I could live my life through all the ups and downs.” Bela Karolyi
“Success depends on how much you are willing to sacrifice, how much you are willing to alter your everyday life for a particular goal.” … Read More
“I am very familiar with Hungary, because I grew up in Romania, which borders it.” Bela Karolyi
“You have to have competent people evaluating the athlete, not the housewives!” Bela Karolyi
“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 … Read More