Gymnastics Quotes - Page 2

Figure skating is an unlikely Olympic event but its good television. It's sort of a combination of gymnastics and ballet. A little sexy too which doesn't hurt.

I personally support the type of gymnastics which does not exceed a certain amount of acrobatics and risks because then one can still say: what a lovely sport gymnastics is.

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.

Success depends on how much you are willing to sacrifice, how much you are willing to alter your everyday life for a particular goal.

From what my friends tell me, apparently some guys can be pretty intimidated by me when they find out what I do. I find it funny because I try to be modest and I don't like to talk about gymnastics unless I am asked about it. But my roommates always take on my bragging rights and tell my life story to the guys we meet, which leaves me blushing.

I don't call them sacrifices. I call them exchanges.

Image isn't everything, It's what comes from your heart, and what you learn and what you say and how you act that means more than anything.

Face each day with the expectation of achieving good, rather than the dread of falling short.

As much time as you put into it, that's what your achievements are going to be when you come out of it.

Gymnastics uses every single part of your body, every little tiny muscle that you never even knew.

What you can do, or think you can, begin it.

You have to have competent people evaluating the athlete, not the housewives!

Gymnastics is my whole life, and I dream of going to the Olympics and being a world champ.

I started from zero and went back to the basics in gymnastics.

In the history of each sport, the heroes who win the Olympic gold medal are the ones we remember. Nobody remembers the World Champion 25 years ago, but everyone remembers who the Olympic Champions were, even 100 years ago.

I don't think I've ever not gotten nervous. When you work so hard for one special day or routine, you want to perform it better than you ever have. We always say at our gym, If you lose the nerves, you lose the sport.

When I go in to compete, whether it's gymnastics or anything else, I do my own thing. I compete with myself.

I was 16 when I quit gymnastics and decided to start acting. I started booking immediately after. I was very lucky and fortunate, but I also did the hard work. Half of it's hard work and half of it's luck. It's been working out so far. Fingers crossed for the future.

You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people.

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.

Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about.

Aspire, break bounds. Endeavor to be good, and better still, best.

Gymnastics has become degraded as the participants have become younger. Once it was a sport of grace for women, never for little girls.

Gymnastics is a lot like life. You don't become an Elite gymnast by bickering and having a negative attitude. You have to be positive to get to that level.

We can often do more for other men by trying to correct our own faults than by trying to correct theirs.