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Nadia Comaneci: Yes, I couldn’t believe it.

Interviewer: What did you think when you saw the score?

Nadia Comaneci: At first, I was confused because the
scoreboard displayed “1.00”, because they believed it was
impossible to receive a perfect 10, so the scoreboard was
not programmed to display that score. Soon, I understood
what had happened and I was very happy.

Interviewer: Did you know what a perfect score meant?

Nadia Comaneci: I didn’t – I knew that 10 was
a big deal, because I’ve done gymnastics for eight – nine
years, and I’ve done competitions, and I had even done the
same routines, but I was too young to understand that. And I
think it was better that I didn’t understand.
Interviewer: But despite that, you made history.

Nadia Comaneci: Well, yes, but I didn’t come here to
Montreal to make history. I didn’t even know what that
meant, to make history. Nobody told me that a perfect 10
had never been scored before in Olympic history.

Interviewer: What do you think about yourself as a teenage
girl who achieved a perfect score in the Olympics?
Nadia Comaneci: The older I get, I realize that what I did
was such a big thing, which I didn’t realize then. I was 14
and I was like, “I know what I’m doing. I’m going to go to the
Olympics.” I still question myself about how a little kid has
that kind of drive to be able to do that. “You just go, girl.”
That’s what I was saying. Yeah, never give up and just follow
what you feel inside your heart.

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