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

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

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

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 worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age.

I hoped to win a medal and hoped it would be gold. I knew I was good but didn't know I would be the one to score something that had never been done before.

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.