Dominique Moceanu

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

In football, you're dealing with grown men. In gymnastics, you're dealing with prepubescent teenage girls. There's a huge difference. At that age, you're not confident enough to have a voice.

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.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

A man of letters never objects to a slum. He sharpens his pen there.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.