"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."

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Source : "Gymnastics Vault Needs 'Speed, Explosive Action'". Interview with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. July 31, 2012.

Bela Karolyi

#Practice Quotes #Vaults Quotes #Building Quotes

“It's a powerful instrument, dynamite -- nothing like it for a convincing argument!”
“Do not be depressed. Do not let your weakness make you impatient. Instead, let the serenity of your spirit shine through your face. Let the joy of your mind burst forth.”
“You know you're gonna have failures, there's no way to avoid it. Especially if you're an entrepreneur, if you're doing something new, of course there are gonna be mistakes. How can you not make mistakes? You don't know what you're going; it's unchartered territory.”

Source : "The 'I Am' Q&A". www.cnbc.com.
“I definitely have curves. I dont intend on losing them.”
“Here, in Cork district, you have in combination all the dangers which war can inflict.”
“Instead of acting in court, I decided to act onstage.”
“All you can do is every day, try to solve a problem and make your company better”
“Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture.”

Source : "Brain Power: Learn to Improve Your Thinking Skills". Book by Karl Albrecht, p. 6, 1979.

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