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

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

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

Jump off the beam, flip off the bars follows your dreams, and reach for the stars

We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests.

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.