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" When I was 14, I had no pressure. I was a kid, and I didn't understand all the attention. "

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" At some particular time, when I was 14 years old, I've done something that people didn't expect. "

" Romania doesn't have a big tradition of gymnastics as a fun activity. We were a little behind in this aspect. "

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" It was my mother who got me involved in gymnastics, sending me to classes when I was six just to stop me doing back flips on the couch and destroying the furniture. "

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" You can't jump from little things to big things. It just takes time and patience. "

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" It feels good when you come to a place like Oklahoma to charge up the batteries. I need that. "

" To me, family is what is important. If you don't have it, nothing is going to matter. "

" I am very highly appreciated in my country, and everybody seems to love me. "

" Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid. "

" Uchimura is the greatest of all time. "

" I live in the moment. I can turn the page and move on. "

" I tell people, 'Have you ever been to Oklahoma? There are a lot of nice people there that do wonderful things.' "

" If I was a boy, nobody would care that I worked out six, seven hours a day when I was 9 years old, no? Why were people always saying 'poor little girl?' I liked to work out and always did more than I was asked to. "

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" I never personally complained; everybody else complained for me. "

" I cannot change anything, so I don't want to think about what I would have done. "

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" Once you become an Olympic champion, you are expected to win all the time. "