Quotes About Gymnastics

I can do somersaults and back flips.

For the most part I'll probably do floor exercise and balance beam. Those are the two things that I do.

I've always had a fascination with gymnastics, since I was a kid. It was the one thing at the Olympics that I would be like, 'Mom can I stay up late to watch gymnastics?'

I come from a very sporty background because my mom is a gymnastics teacher. So growing up I was never sitting watching TV in the afternoons. I always played ball outside in the backyard.

Up to nineteen seventy six when I quit gymnastics I was very, disappointed because I didn't have anything which is, live with. I didn't have a friend so I didn't have a coach anymore.

I try to frighten my very young colleagues into studying and understanding their voices before they attempt things that are beyond them. It's wise to take gymnastics and swimming to strengthen the body, because people don't realise what an athletic undertaking singing actually is.

I had a stunt double for 'The Bronze.' She's literally the most amazing human being I've ever seen. She's NCAA women's gymnastics champion. She was incredible. I would poke her thighs, and my nail would break because it was like poking a rock.

I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age.

It might have been easier to retire, to say my knee couldn't handle it and let that be that. At the same time, the prospect of not being able to compete in gymnastics anymore was heartbreaking.

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.

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.

I think my gymnastic background helped a great deal with my agility when I took up football seriously.

I was a gymnast when I was little, like 8, 9, 10.

Even though I'm a gymnast, I've always loved dancing.

My mom was a high school gymnast.

I was gymnast for a long time, so that helped with understanding my body.

I was a gymnast as a little girl.

I wanted to be a gymnast when I was young - I used to do backflips and all those things in the street and at home - but my grandma said it was dangerous and made me stop.

I was a gymnast when I was younger but sadly didn't really keep it up with age.

I was a gymnast and my favorite event was floor because I got to smile.

I'd really like to be a gymnast and be super flexible.

This is what I'm supposed to do. This is what I'm meant to do, is elite gymnastics.

I went to the University of Arizona on a full athletic scholarship for gymnastics, where I competed and got 9th in the nation at the NCAAs.

My earliest memory was watching gymnastics on live TV and wanting to do what the 'big girls' did.