Gymnastics Quotes
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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
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Without the lessons I learned in gymnastics, I would be crushed.
Liang Chow
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I don't see myself coaching gymnastics. I see myself involved in the sport in the future but involved in other things as well.
Aly Raisman
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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
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I do like all different kinds of sports and stuff. I've taken up gymnastics and slacklining - you know, tightroping, basically.
Wilson Bethel
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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
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I know gymnastics. It's always been a subjective appreciation.
Bela Karolyi
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I loved gymnastics, and my gymnastics teacher said ballet was essential to help my dance routines in competitions. I only really went because my friends were going as well. It wasn't this kind of hidden love. Then, slowly, my friends stopped going and I thought, 'I like this. I am going to stay.'
Darcey Bussell
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I'm obsessed with gymnastics. It's like my football. And I like to watch women's gymnastics a little bit more than men's because I live for balance beam.
Jonathan Van Ness
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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
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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
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The rest of the world laughed at American gymnastics before I came.
Bela Karolyi
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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
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In gymnastics, everything is a competition. You want to have your hair look the best and your makeup look the best. You want to be the best, and you want to have the prettiest leotard.
McKayla Maroney
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My gymnastics career was devoted to moments like Maroney’s or Biles’ vaults. I feel very proud to have made this impact to gymnastics’ progress and history.
Natalia Yurchenko
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I think all people are familiar with thinking about their death and trying to come to terms with the fact that we will, at some point, no longer exist. The loss of one's ego is very tough to reconcile with; you really have to do a lot of mental gymnastics to wrap your head around the idea of just not existing anymore.
David Lowery Camper Van Beethoven
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The mind is perhaps one of the greatest factors in gymnastics; if one can't control his mind, he can't control his body.
William Meade
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My earliest memory was watching gymnastics on live TV and wanting to do what the 'big girls' did.
Laurie Hernandez
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I did gymnastics when I was growing up and to this day I can still do the splits.
Kristin Kreuk
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I love having the Olympic Channel app on my phone because I can watch old gymnastics videos any time.
Jonathan Van Ness
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Gymnastics is my whole life, and I dream of going to the Olympics and being a world champ.
Aly Raisman
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I began dancing when I was 7 years old. I was told that I had the perfect ballet dancer's body and had these crazy high arches in my feet that resulted in an amazing point. Ballet was very disciplined and, frankly, a little boring, so I eventually transitioned to gymnastics. I loved that, although I never reached a competitive level.
Catherine Mary Stewart
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I know how to smile, I know how to laugh, I know how to play. But I know how to do these things only after I have fulfilled my mission.
Nadia Comaneci
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My message is to never quit, never give up. When you have a little trouble here and there, just keep fighting. In the end, it will pay off.
Gabby Douglas