Gymnastics Quotes
-
I struggled with self-esteem issues as a young girl, and it was not until my gymnastics career was completed in 2000 that I realized my accomplishments would not have been possible without my type of body, and I finally started to appreciate and celebrate myself.
Dominique Dawes -
My daughter is exceptionally chatty. I'm not a braggy mother but she is gifted - with the personality of a Russian gymnastics coach.
Caroline Rhea
-
When I've done gymnastics, ballet or soccer - I was always trying to be the best. I'm really driven. Really driven.
Chloe Grace Moretz -
My sister has kids, including two in baby seats, and she drives a minivan. I had to climb over the car seats to get into the back seat, and it seemed ridiculous to have to do gymnastics to get in and out of the car.
Franz von Holzhausen -
The majority of people who get in the sport of gymnastics do not go to the Olympics or get a Division 1 scholarship, but it doesn't mean that they can't get something positive from the sport.
Dominique Dawes -
I just stay focused, and I always think about gymnastics. I am just doing what I always do... working really hard and pushing myself to the maximum and keeping myself motivated.
Aly Raisman -
I would like beautiful gymnastics to be recognized as the best. I want the judges to appreciate things that are not necessarily winning points.
Kohei Uchimura -
Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition.
Nadia Comaneci
-
I was really, really, really feminine and really into cheerleading and really into figure skating and really into gymnastics. Really into everything that other boys weren't.
Jonathan Van Ness -
At 14, you think you compete, you retire and you get a job. I didn't think gymnastics was a career that was going to change my life.
Nadia Comaneci -
We had to get up at 6 a.m. and never had a problem. She was doing ballet and gymnastics, then dropped gymnastics,
Angela Davis -
Romania doesn't have a big tradition of gymnastics as a fun activity. We were a little behind in this aspect.
Nadia Comaneci -
Gymnastics demands so much of our time. We train all week and travel and compete on weekends. The people you're surrounded by really become your second family, your best friends, your sisters. My coach was like a second mother for me.
Amanda Borden -
Gymnastics does take great focus and concentration. What I do is look to my coach. He keeps me focused. And I meditate to get myself confident before the competition floor. That helps keep me focused, too.
Gabby Douglas
-
My entire adolescence was geared toward one thing: gymnastics.
Kerri Strug -
Quite often on a movie like Total Recall you have this training period of two or three months where, like on the first 'Underworld' I was doing gymnastics and trampolining and all this stuff which I don't do in the movie necessarily, but mentally it helps. You come home and you go: 'Well, I've done all that. I must be an action star now!' So it helps you focus a little bit and gets you fit.
Colin Farrell -
I think gymnastics trained me as a person, too. Without the lessons I learned in gymnastics, I would be crushed.
Liang Chow -
Yes, very often! But at the same time I realize that I can't live without rhythmic gymnastics. It's the most important thing in my life
Kateryna Serebrianska -
With 'Django Unchained,' when you're dealing with slavery, it's like a gymnastics routine with the highest amount of difficulty. Quentin Tarantino is not going to do a movie that's just going to lay there and be safe. There's going to be twists and flips.
Jamie Foxx -
I was incredibly supple and did gymnastics as well. So half of my injuries are because I am over-supple and the joints could always go that little bit further. But I was happy to push, and I have no regrets. That is important to say.
Darcey Bussell
-
Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.
William J. H. Boetcker -
The rest of the world laughed at American gymnastics before I came.
Bela Karolyi -
I did gymnastics when I was growing up and to this day I can still do the splits.
Kristin Kreuk -
When you are on the podium nobody is asking you if you are 15 or 30 years old. What matters is who can do great gymnastics.
Oksana Chusovitina