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.

I have a private press. I'm a book artist. I publish books of other authors and artists. I do the illustrating. I set the type. I print it myself on my press. I do everything but bind it.

I generally don't follow domestic news that much aside from how it relates to the stories I'm covering abroad, like what Americans think of the War in Afghanistan.

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