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

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

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

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

When you fall, leap to your feet and try again.

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.