I know gymnastics. It's always been a subjective appreciation.

You have to have competent people evaluating the athlete, not the housewives!

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 am very familiar with Hungary, because I grew up in Romania, which borders it.

No competition, no progress.

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.

Success depends on how much you are willing to sacrifice, how much you are willing to alter your everyday life for a particular goal.