Work hard for your goals and live in the moment.

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.

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

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

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

You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people.

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.