One Step At A Time
Comăneci really started to make waves when she was 13 years old. At the time she was already training 8 hours a day and 6 days a week with her beloved coach. His passion for gymnastics was rubbing off onto Nadia.
How Much Is Too Much?
Years later, long after Nadia had left the arena, she was asked whether she felt that she was over-trained by Béla or not. Her response revealed quite the contrary. When Béla would instruct her to do two exercises, she would do four. If he told her to do five, she would do seven. She was out to be the best.