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

~Dominique Moceanu

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My father wasn't allowing me control and the financial freedom that I was asking for. I was 17, about to be 18 within a year, so I started asking more questions because I felt that I needed to start learning about those things.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: About Allowing Asking Because Control Father Felt Financial Freedom Learning Me More Needed Questions Start Started Things Those Within Year

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My mom always knew I would be able to take care of myself, but my dad was afraid.

~Dominique Moceanu

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I was able to represent my country and put on the red, white, and blue - how many people in the world get to do that? Standing on the podium with my teammates, and being the first women's gymnastics team to win this gold medal, it was life-changing!

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: Able Being Blue Country First Get Gold Gold Medal Gymnastics How How Many People Life-Changing Many Medal People Podium Put Red Represent Standing Team Teammates White Win Women World

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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.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: Believe Care Coach Coaches Compete Emotionally Environment Good Gym Gymnastics Looking Out Physically Taking Where Who You Young I Believe

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I was very hungry to compete internationally when I was 10 years old, and I was good enough to compete, so that part never made me afraid or worried at all. When I was at my peak, around 12 and 13, I won my junior national and senior national titles back to back.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: Afraid Around Back Compete Enough Good Hungry Internationally Junior Made Me National Never Old Part Peak Senior Titles Very Won Worried Years

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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.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: Ability Believe Child Environment Healthy Healthy Environment His Husband Matter Nurture Physical Succeed Talent Treat Well Will You I Believe I Believe That

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Gymnastics is the greatest sport in the world, and one of the hardest, but we have to watch out for domineering male figures who try to belittle and scream at young girls.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: Belittle Figures Girl Greatest Gymnastics Hardest Male Out Scream Sport Try Watch Who World Young Young Girls

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Some coaches are not educated at the elite level in health and nutrition. They're not educated in how the body works from anatomy and physiology perspectives.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: Anatomy Body Coaches Educated Elite Health How Level Nutrition Perspectives Physiology Some Works

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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

Topics: About Approach Athletes Better Coaches Could Educate Elite Healthy How Life More Need Our Rather Scar Tactics Teaching Than Them Use

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: September 30th, 1981

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