Bela Karolyi Quotes:-Bela Karolyi (born September 13, 1942) is an ethnic Hungarian-Romanian-American gymnastics coach. Early in his coaching career, he developed the Romanian centralized training system for gymnastics. One of his earliest protégés was Nadia Comăneci, the first Olympic Games gymnast to be awarded a perfect score. Living under the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu, Károlyi frequently clashed with Romanian officials. He and his wife defected to the United States in 1981.
Inspirational Bela Karolyi Quotes
“Genetics is all about showcasing human beauty along with high-quality performance.”
Bela Karolyi
“I still love to find and develop young athletes in traditional ways. I like to watch the physical and mental growth. That has always been very exciting.”
Bela Karolyi
“My gymnasts are always the best-prepared in the world. And they win. In the end, that’s what matters.”
Bela Karolyi
“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
“Just like an animal, when you want to survive, you don’t think anymore.”
Bela Karolyi
“In gymnastics, smaller ones will always be better in many ways. The stress in the head will be the same for all. But the stress on the body and the concussions it must endure will always be easier for the little ones.”
Bela Karolyi
“The ideal gymnast would be between 4 feet 7 and 5-2. I wouldn’t be able to pinpoint an ideal height, however. It would be foolish to say that a gymnast above 5-2 could not be great.”
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. 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
Famous Quotes by Bela Karolyi
“I would love very much to win a medal at the Olympics for myself, by my own performance. But that will never happen.”
Bela Karolyi
“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
“The crowd sometimes plays a tremendous role to give you wings and carry you to victory.”
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.”
Bela Karolyi
“I know gymnastics. It’s always been a subjective appreciation.”
Bela Karolyi
“I am very familiar with Hungary because I grew up in Romania, which borders it.”
Bela Karolyi
“What is a better way to prove that your methods work than by winning? I have proved that my methods work.”
Bela Karolyi
“What is the cruelest thing you can do to someone who is trying to concentrate? Call their name.”
Bela Karolyi
“The Olympics shows the community what gymnastics is all about.”
Bela Karolyi
“I’m tired of being hunted all over. I can’t go anywhere without criticism.”
Bela Karolyi
