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I think I was about 14 when I did my first makeup. I was like, 'Wow, I really like this what do you call it? Makeup thing?'
I think breakfast is really important to get a great start to the day, so I can have enough energy to train and everything.
Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
I wasn't allowed to leave Romania. That made me mad. You just want your freedom. You want your space. You want opportunity.
When you are on the podium nobody is asking you if you are 15 or 30 years old. What matters is who can do great gymnastics.
I fell in love with gymnastics. I love what I do now. I work with people that I love to be around. Success comes from that.
I wanted to finish on a stronger note. Fighting through that routine, you know what I was like, 'I'm just fighting through.'
I wake up at about 9 a.m., and have a few hours of school or time to relax. Then, I have practice at 2:30 p.m. with my team.
There can be distractions, but if you're isolated from the heart of the Games, the Olympics become just another competition.
If I was 14 or 15 again, I would do the same thing. I've done everything. I think I've accomplished more than I had in mind.
Now, I have a kid, I have businesses to take care of, I have to travel. I have to sit down... and find a little time for me.
Were taught at such a young age that you can always be better and that youre never perfect and that youre never good enough.
I feel blessed to have an opportunity to try out for a second Olympics team and if it doesn't work out, hey I gave it my all.
During the week I have workout every day from 9 to noon, then I get to rest, then back to the gym from 4:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M.
We get so caught up in winning all the time, but it's also even more important to be a good person, so that's what I learned.
I don't mind sacrifice. I don't mind discipline. But a good coach allows people to blossom. I've seen that. I didn't have it.
Always work hard and have fun in what you do because I think that's when you're more successful. You have to choose to do it.
I make breakfast, which is usually Kellogg's Red Berries or egg whites, and then I go to the gym that's only 10 minutes away.
I don't see myself coaching gymnastics. I see myself involved in the sport in the future but involved in other things as well.
Two days after returning from Montreal, I was training again, and I went on to win two more golds at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Toward the end of the Olympics, you get physically tired and drained. And no matter how much rest you have, your body is tired.
We're taught at such a young age that you can always be better and that you're never perfect and that you're never good enough.
I'm always trying to push myself to the limit to see what I can do. It's my strong will that I've always had since I was a kid.
You need your mom and dad to protect you. It means they love you so much. It was awesome she was backing me up and defending me.
I have no regrets coming back for a second Olympic team [in 2016]. It's been an amazing experience. It's been teaching me a lot.
It's tough. Gymnastics isn't basketball or football or baseball, where you can get these huge contracts and make a lot of money.
I'm able to support my wife and family off of gymnastics. But at the same time I do take it very seriously - it is a job for me.
Faith is a gateway to happiness that remains permanently accessible to each of us, wherever we are, no matter our circumstances.
It's like someone important is missing from a party because you can't imagine an Olympic gymnastics competition without Romania.
The kids are so much fun. I'm always taking a look over at what they're doing because it reminds me of when I was so small before.
I have practice from 9 A.M. to 12 P.M., and then I drive home and eat lunch, which is either chicken or fish so I get the protein.
One of my proudest moments was probably 2013 Worlds because I proved to myself that I could do things that I didn't think I could.
I'm focused now, definitely. I absolutely need to show everyone that I'm powerful and strong and can be graceful and artistic, too.
I feel like the thing that motivates me is not making the Olympic team. If I'm having a rough day, I think about how bad I want it.
More than 10,000 athletes came to Atlanta seeking Olympic medals. Only a few of them will be lucky and skilled enough to claim one.
Yes, gymnasts aim for perfection, but I never thought about the score. If that's what's in your mind, it will probably mess you up.
I think I spent all my life in gymnastics. And if you will ask me I want to change something in your past life, no. I will go same.
Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected.
It's been strange and weird watching the other girls at the U.S. Olympic trials just because I was training to be out there myself.
I loved gymnastics. I was eager to compete. I was hungry to go out there and be the best in the world, and I had that determination.
Nothing is going to change. I’m going to wear my hair like this during beam and bar finals. You might as well stop talking about it.
The ones who are successful are the ones who really want it. You have to have that inner drive otherwise it's not going to work out.
At 14, you think you compete, you retire and you get a job. I didn't think gymnastics was a career that was going to change my life.
I'm doing four hours of gymnastics training a day, six days a week and then an extra two to three hours in a fitness center as well.
If I disappoint someone, it's their loss for putting that expectation on me when they don't know me. I can't control what they want.
I usually don't mind giving autographs, but when hundreds of folks with paper and pen start coming at you, it's time to seek shelter.
I hate that number. I hate the number four. I just wanna, like, cut it in half and kill it. I hate it. I've been fourth so many times.
I thought celebrity meant Hollywood, that's it. I began to see that does include Olympians. People have so much respect for Olympians.
It's important to have a plan, a big picture. You can deviate from it or change it completely, but it gives you something to work for.
I have a lot of expectations and a lot of goals I want to fulfill, but the biggest dream is still to make the Olympic team for London.