I learned to take those experiences that were difficult in my life and in the adversity that I had overcome to use it for a positive change.

Since my mother is an extremely devoted Christian Orthodox woman, she prayed a great deal and taught me how to pray.

I had this sister that was born who was given up for adoption, and I never knew it.

It's human nature to be timid in the face of obstacles, but I have learned to believe that challenges are opportunities for genius to shine. In order to feel alive, we have to accomplish things that we once believed we could not.

I learned to take those experiences that were difficult in my life and in the adversity that I had overcome to use it for a positive change.

Autographs and pictures do get a little old, but I don't mind if the people want it.

Training with Bela and Marta Karolyi took the joy out of the Olympics for me. I look back and feel there was a lot of verbal and physical abuse. For years, I felt it was my problem.