Gymnastics Quotes

Practical application is the only mordant which will set things in the memory. Study without it is gymnastics, and not work, which alone will get intellectual bread.

It's tough. Gymnastics isn't basketball or football or baseball, where you can get these huge contracts and make a lot of money.

Gymnastics is definitely my job, but the great thing about that is I love my job.

I'm able to support my wife and family off of gymnastics. But at the same time I do take it very seriously - it is a job for me.

When I was younger, the people making the sacrifice were my parents. It's not a cheap sport. Luckily, I had parents who made a lot of life sacrifices so I could continue in gymnastics.

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

I think gymnastics trained me as a person, too. Without the lessons I learned in gymnastics, I would be crushed.

I did gymnastics when I was a kid. I wasn't very good at it.

I never expected to win three medals in the Athens Olympic Games. Of course, I would rather have won one gold.

The Olympic Snatch is gymnastics with a bar

What's endlessly complicated in thinking about women's gymnastics is the way that vulnerability and power are threaded through the sport.

Discipline is the quality that carries over from gymnastics to acting.

My family traveled with a whole community to European festivals. My mum did gymnastics, freak show performances, and swung fire in the circus, so I followed her footsteps.

Too many judges are fooled into thinking a smile equals style.

I think I started toddler gymnastics when I was around 3 or 4, and I began taking it seriously when I was 6.

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.

Life is marvelous now because I have a tape recorder.

If there has not been such a thing as gymnastics, I would have had to invent it because I feel at one with the sport.

Walking has the best value as gymnastics of the mind.

First, don't cry. That's the worst thing a gymnast can do in training, because it can ruin your concentration and lead to injury. Second, always place the highest demands of yourself in the sport.

I was an extreme tomboy. I did competitive gymnastics for over 10 years. I cut my hair like Winona Ryder, with that little pixie cut.

There are no limits on your dreams if you're willing to work for it.

I don't believe that there's anyone in the world without a competitive bone in their body.

Goals have to be realistic and flexible.

So if you think being thin is enough to succeed in gymnastics, you're wrong.

If you can't handle all the injuries and scars, choose a less demanding sport.

I think that to be a competitive athlete, you have to be goal-oriented.

Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected.

Put fire into your workout any you burn off worry and frustration!

There is no greatness without taking risks.

There is no such thing as failure, only partial success!

Thanks for the reminder that i have to hit the gym today. I have'nt worked out in days. Unless one counted mattress gymnastics!!!

With enough mental gymnastics, just about any fact can become misshapen in favor to one's confirmation bias.

Better health is more important than beauty and with better health comes beauty.

You can’t conquer everything in a day. Or even a week. Maybe not even a year. There’s no way to work hard at grieving. You just have to let it happen. And you are, so don’t fight it.

It's because you absolutely love the sport.

I'm not doing it for media attention, not doing it for sponsors, not for money.