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

Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.

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

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

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

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.