Nadia Quotes
Bela Karolyi: Nobody's here.
Marta Karolyi: [Phone ringing] I'll get it.
Bela Karolyi: Oh dear... nobody's here today! What shall we do? Where could they be? [Starts searching]
Bela Karolyi: In here? [Looks to the foam pool]
Bela Karolyi: Ah ha! In here! Come on come on [laughing]
Marta Karolyi: Bela?
Bela Karolyi: Yes?
Marta Karolyi: The girls... they're gone
Bela Karolyi: What?
Marta Karolyi: The girls, they've been taken to Bucharest.
Bela Karolyi: That's impossible
Marta Karolyi: It's true, Bela
Bela Karolyi: But we're their coaches!
Marta Karolyi: Not anymore
Bela Karolyi: Nadia too?
Marta Karolyi: All of them
Bela Karolyi: Family. For nine years, Marta, we were family!
Marta Karolyi: [Phone ringing] I'll get it.
Bela Karolyi: Oh dear... nobody's here today! What shall we do? Where could they be? [Starts searching]
Bela Karolyi: In here? [Looks to the foam pool]
Bela Karolyi: Ah ha! In here! Come on come on [laughing]
Marta Karolyi: Bela?
Bela Karolyi: Yes?
Marta Karolyi: The girls... they're gone
Bela Karolyi: What?
Marta Karolyi: The girls, they've been taken to Bucharest.
Bela Karolyi: That's impossible
Marta Karolyi: It's true, Bela
Bela Karolyi: But we're their coaches!
Marta Karolyi: Not anymore
Bela Karolyi: Nadia too?
Marta Karolyi: All of them
Bela Karolyi: Family. For nine years, Marta, we were family!
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Nicholae Vieru: Congratulations.
Bela Karolyi: [packing a kit bag, not looking up] Thank you. It's so great to finally beat the national team. [looks up]
Nicholae Vieru: Hello Bela.
Bela Karolyi: Nicholae.
Nicholae Vieru: Any new Nadias on the team?
Bela Karolyi: There will never be another Nadia and even if I had one I wouldn't tell you.
Nicholae Vieru: Tell me about Emilia Eberle.
Bela Karolyi: Emilia. Yes. You just saw her.
Nicholae Vieru: Impressive.
Bela Karolyi: She will win another gold before the evening is over.
Nicholae Vieru: How old?
Bela Karolyi: 12. The whole team is 12. They're harder to *steal* when they're 12.
Bela Karolyi: [packing a kit bag, not looking up] Thank you. It's so great to finally beat the national team. [looks up]
Nicholae Vieru: Hello Bela.
Bela Karolyi: Nicholae.
Nicholae Vieru: Any new Nadias on the team?
Bela Karolyi: There will never be another Nadia and even if I had one I wouldn't tell you.
Nicholae Vieru: Tell me about Emilia Eberle.
Bela Karolyi: Emilia. Yes. You just saw her.
Nicholae Vieru: Impressive.
Bela Karolyi: She will win another gold before the evening is over.
Nicholae Vieru: How old?
Bela Karolyi: 12. The whole team is 12. They're harder to *steal* when they're 12.
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Nicholae Vieru: She is not training.
Mili Simonescu: No. She is not. For the first time since she was eight years old. But she will.
Nicholae Vieru: I want you to confine her to the dormitory. And restrict her eating.
Mili Simonescu: You want me to do that?
Nicholae Vieru: Yes. Now. And no visitors.
Mili Simonescu: No. She is not. For the first time since she was eight years old. But she will.
Nicholae Vieru: I want you to confine her to the dormitory. And restrict her eating.
Mili Simonescu: You want me to do that?
Nicholae Vieru: Yes. Now. And no visitors.
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[Nadia fell off the beam twice during a gymnastics competition to the disgust of her trainers. She is sitting at the back of the bus on the way home, Bela goes and sits beside her]
Bela Karolyi: Don't cry about today.
Young Nadia Comaneci: I'm not crying. I never cry.
Bela Karolyi: You should. So that I can tell you not to. Nadia, the tragedy isn't that you fell. It's that you were the best and you didn't live up to it. You completely lost your concentration
Young Nadia Comaneci: It will never happen again.
Bela Karolyi: You're not serious about gymnastics
Young Nadia Comaneci: Yes, I am
Bela Karolyi: No you're not, you should quit
Young Nadia Comaneci: No.
Bela Karolyi: Did you see *anyone* as bad as you were today?
Young Nadia Comaneci: No.
Bela Karolyi: Neither did I. Quit!
Young Nadia Comaneci: No!
Bela Karolyi: Go back to doing cartwheels if you just want to play.
Young Nadia Comaneci: No! I want to be a champion!
Bela Karolyi: I have a confession to make to you. I've been playing too. When I first met you I only knew four sports. I wasn't even a real gymnastics coach So instead of teaching you what I don't know. I wanna teach you what I do know. I will teach you how to have a runner's strength. The cunning of a handball player, and how, like a boxer to be fearless of pain. Are you interested? [Nadia nods]
Bela Karolyi: I'm talking about a lot of work, total concentration, total committment, don't take up my time and then quit.
Young Nadia Comaneci
Bela Karolyi: Don't cry about today.
Young Nadia Comaneci: I'm not crying. I never cry.
Bela Karolyi: You should. So that I can tell you not to. Nadia, the tragedy isn't that you fell. It's that you were the best and you didn't live up to it. You completely lost your concentration
Young Nadia Comaneci: It will never happen again.
Bela Karolyi: You're not serious about gymnastics
Young Nadia Comaneci: Yes, I am
Bela Karolyi: No you're not, you should quit
Young Nadia Comaneci: No.
Bela Karolyi: Did you see *anyone* as bad as you were today?
Young Nadia Comaneci: No.
Bela Karolyi: Neither did I. Quit!
Young Nadia Comaneci: No!
Bela Karolyi: Go back to doing cartwheels if you just want to play.
Young Nadia Comaneci: No! I want to be a champion!
Bela Karolyi: I have a confession to make to you. I've been playing too. When I first met you I only knew four sports. I wasn't even a real gymnastics coach So instead of teaching you what I don't know. I wanna teach you what I do know. I will teach you how to have a runner's strength. The cunning of a handball player, and how, like a boxer to be fearless of pain. Are you interested? [Nadia nods]
Bela Karolyi: I'm talking about a lot of work, total concentration, total committment, don't take up my time and then quit.
Young Nadia Comaneci
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