Nadia Comaneci

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.

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

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

Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come Again in this identical guise.

I think I love Montreal more than Montreal loves me... I love the food there.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.