Practice Makes Perfect
Béla Károlyi believed in dedication and hard work, and it lifted his spirits to know that his protégé thought the same. By the time Nadia was 13 years old, she and Béla were already training 8 hours per day and 6 days in a week. Now that’s what you call dedication! The two dreamed of greatness, and they wouldn’t allow anything to get in their way.
Practice Makes Perfect
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Never Too Much
Years after Nadia had become a champion, she was asked if she felt she was over-trained or pushed too hard by the Károlyis. She said that she felt the opposite was true. Nadia insisted that whenever she got an exercise from Béla, she always went the extra mile and insisted on doing more. She had wanted, on top of everything else, to become the very best.
Never Too Much