Bela Karolyi
Bela Karolyi
Béla Károlyiis a Romanian gymnastics coach of Hungarian descent. He was born in Kolozsvár, Hungary...
NationalityRomanian
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth13 September 1942
CountryRomania
athlete growth way
I still love to find and develop the young athletes in traditional ways. I like to watch the physical and mental growth. That has always been very exciting.
activity country deserving few hope involved program surely top
I think the ones who are involved in this part of the gymnastic activity in this part of the country are surely deserving of all the congratulations. I hope that in a few years this program will be at the top of whole country.
parents step time winners
You are already winners every time you step into this gym. And, parents, you are to be congratulated.
hunted
I'm tired of being hunted all over. I can't go anywhere without criticism.
methods proved work
What is a better way to prove that your methods work than by winning? I have proved that my methods work.
gymnastics sacrifice goal
Success depends on how much you are willing to sacrifice, how much you are willing to alter your everyday life for a particular goal.
play wings giving
The crowd sometimes plays a tremendous role to give you wings and carry you to victory.
book tv-shows magazines
When I open many books, or most leading women's magazines, or see almost all TV shows, I don't find myself at all. I am completely anonymous. My value system is not there.
lying believe heart
I believe in playing with your heart, with every fiber in your body-fairly, squarely, by the rules-to win. And I believe that any man's finest moment, the greatest fulfillment of all he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out and lies exhausted on the floor of battle-victorious.
building-up practice vaults
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.
attitude my-attitude enough
My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.
athlete gymnastics people
You have to have competent people evaluating the athlete, not the housewives!
powerful struggle challenges
Back in Romania, always I was struggling to compete with Vladislav Rastorotsky, the great Russian coach of Lyudmila Turishcheva. He was a powerful coach, internationally. I took him like the major challenge of my life, and pretty soon I'm beating him and we are pushing each other so hard, so fierce. But out of the arena, we are friends.
competition progress
No competition, no progress.