My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians.

My marriage to my husband, Bart Conner in 1996 is my proudest personal moment.

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.

If I work on a certain move constantly, then finally, it doesn't seem risky to me. The idea is that the move stays dangerous and it looks dangerous to my foes, but it is not to me. Hard work has made it easy.

Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic, and prospering, since the revolution in 1989.

I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives.

I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6.