The only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport.

My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians.

I know how to smile, I know how to laugh, I know how to play. But I know how to do these things only after I have fulfilled my mission.

I ended up in the US for a month or so, before moving to Montreal with some Romanian friends.

for some people life outside the spotlight is death.

It was good to be a kid because I did not realise all the things that came with the success. Going to the Games, I was asked what I expected to do.