for some people life outside the spotlight is death.

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

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

One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989.

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

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.