Dominique Moceanu Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I was awkward-looking with huge brown eyes, dark brown, pencil-straight hair styled into an old-school Romanian bowl haircut from the 1980s. And I was very, very small. I was always the tiniest kid on my street and in my classes at school... The gym was the one place I didn't have to worry about feeling awkward for being so petite.”

“In the end, you have to forgive in order to heal and move forward with your life. For people who hurt you very deeply, you don't have to forgive them for their sake but for your sake, so that you can move forward and have a healthier and happier life.”

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

“I'd challenge myself to see how long I could go without a fall - on beam, I once went three weeks.”

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

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

“I was 26 years old when I found out that I had a sister who I never knew existed.”

“For as long as I can remember, my mother went to church every single Sunday. She was born and raised in Romania as a person with limited means, and faith was something she could rely on - something that was free.”

“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.”