My gymnasts are always the best-prepared in the world. And they win. In the end, that's what matters.

Back in Romania, always I was struggling to compete with Vladislav Rastorotsky, the great Russian coach of Lyudmila Turishcheva. He was a powerful coach, internationally. I took him like the major challenge of my life, and pretty soon I'm beating him and we are pushing each other so hard, so fierce. But out of the arena, we are friends.

Just like an animal, when you want to survive, you don't think anymore.

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