52 Quotes by Dominique Moceanu

I certainly believe that having my husband be in my life has been a tremendous blessing.

In Romania, of course, gymnastics is among the most popular sports, and my parents had a dream of escaping the Ceausescu regime and giving their child a better life. So they came to the United States and put me in gymnastics.

I have a secret sibling that I never knew existed and who was given up for adoption at birth by my parents, and she was born without legs.

I believe you can be young and compete in gymnastics if you have a coach who is looking out for you and if there is a good gym environment where the coaches are taking care of you emotionally and physically.

My husband and I believe that if you treat a child well and nurture his talent and physical ability, in a healthy environment, the child will succeed no matter what.

I was so afraid to make mistakes and get reprimanded by my coaches that the joy of the sport started slipping away.

I can barely recall a single holiday when my father didn't make a scene or create some kind of chaos. We were always walking on eggshells.

I had this sister that was born who was given up for adoption, and I never knew it.

I prayed a lot. That's all I had in the gym; that was the thing I could turn to.