“In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to...” — Nadia Comaneci Quote

In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.

If I was 14 or 15 again, I would do the same thing. I've done everything. I think I've accomplished more than I had in mind.

I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6.

I basically have my life today as a result of what I did as a child. What did I miss out on? Yeah, I missed not hanging out at shopping malls, I guess, but that is not a big deal because you don't get a medal for that.

I'm not a dreamer for, you know, 'I want to go to the moon someday.' I accomplished something when I was young, which was much more than I expected to. My results were much bigger than I ever dreamed about it.

I was going to go to Macchu Picchu and then I just ended up working the whole year.

I wish I played an instrument, but I could never decide which one, and I ended up playing nothing.

I ended up going to America for an acting workshop, and everything sort of kicked off from there.

Law graduates have always ended up in business, government, journalism and other fields. Law schools could do more to build these subjects into their coursework.

It's weird that I've ended up playing so many real live people, because I was never any good at impersonations at school.