Top 12 Quotes by Dominique Moceanu

It's human nature to be timid in the face of obstacles, but I have learned to believe that challenges are opportunities for genius to shine. In order to feel alive, we have to accomplish things that we once believed we

It's human nature to be timid in the face of obstacles, but I have learned to believe that challenges are opportunities for genius to shine. In order to feel alive, we have to accomplish things that we once believed we could not.

Dominique Moceanu

Believe, Gymnastics, Opportunity

I learned to take those experiences that were difficult in my life and in the adversity that I had overcome to use it for a positive change.

Dominique Moceanu

Adversity, Overcoming, Use

"CNN Newsroom" with Don Lemon, www.cnn.com. June 13, 2012.

As a competitive gymnast, my life has always been filled with challenges that would ultimately define my future. From day one, I was taught to be prepared at all costs.

Dominique Moceanu

Challenges, Taught, Cost

Dominique Moceanu (2012). “Off Balance: A Memoir”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

We need to educate our elite coaches more and have a better approach to teaching the athletes about how to be healthy rather than berate them, humiliate them, use tactics that could scar them for life.

Dominique Moceanu

Teaching, Athlete, Healthy

"Dominique Moceanu Talks Body Image In Gymnastics, Says Coaches Can ‘Scar For Life’". www.huffingtonpost.com. July 19, 2013.

Training with Bela and Marta Karolyi took the joy out of the Olympics for me. I look back and feel there was a lot of verbal and physical abuse. For years, I felt it was my problem.

Dominique Moceanu

Years, Joy, Abuse

My parents enrolled me in a gymnastics class when I was three years old, and I just was drawn to gymnastics. I loved it. It was my playground, and I could run around and be free there.

Dominique Moceanu

Running, Gymnastics, Years

"For Gymnast Moceanu, Life Threw Her Off Balance". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. July 30, 2012.

Autographs and pictures do get a little old, but I don't mind if the people want it.

Dominique Moceanu

People, Mind, Want

Since my mother is an extremely devoted Christian Orthodox woman, she prayed a great deal and taught me how to pray.

Dominique Moceanu

Christian, Mother, Taught

The time leading up to the 1996 Olympics was the most demanding and stressful of my career. The sport I had loved so much was slowly becoming a nightmare as I trained with Bela and Marta Karolyi the summer before the Olympics.

Dominique Moceanu

Summer, Sports, Careers

Dominique Moceanu (2012). “Off Balance: A Memoir”, p.117, Simon and Schuster

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

Dominique Moceanu

Adoption, Born, Given

"Champion Gymnast's Hidden Life: Dominique Moceanu on Secret Sister" by Alison Lynn, abcnews.go.com. June 8, 2012.

In my very first interview, at nine years old, I said I wanted to be an Olympic gold medalist. That was the first time I said it out loud in front of somebody other than my parents.

Dominique Moceanu

Years, Parent, Gold