This team just wasn't good enough today, but they had the unity I always wanted. To have an American team like this has always been a dream of mine.

This team just wasn't good enough today, but they had the unity I always wanted. To have an American team like this has always been a dream of mine.

The Olympics shows the community what gymnastics is all about.

In gymnastics, smaller will always be better in many ways. The stress in the head, that will be the same for all. But the stress on the body and the concussions it must endure, that will always be easier for the little ones.

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.

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.

The crowd sometimes plays a tremendous role to give you wings and carry you to victory.