37 Quotes by Bela Karolyi

Just like an animal, when you want to survive, you don't think anymore.

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.

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.

I know gymnastics. It's always been a subjective appreciation.

The rest of the world laughed at American gymnastics before I came.

I am very familiar with Hungary, because I grew up in Romania, which borders it.

The crowd sometimes plays a tremendous role to give you wings and carry you to victory.

My gymnasts are always the best-prepared in the world. And they win. In the end, that's what matters.

The Olympics shows the community what gymnastics is all about.