Nadia Comaneci

Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition.

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

Enjoy the journey and try to get better every day. And don't lose the passion and the love for what you do.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.