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Quote by Jonathan Horton

“A line I like to use is, "Every day is training. Every day of life is a pursuit of perfection."”

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Jonathan Horton is an accomplished American gymnast born on December 31, 1985. He achieved significant success in the sport, particularly in the horizontal bar and parallel bars events. Horton won the gold medal in the men's team competition at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and secured a silver in the individual events. His technical prowess and elegant performances have captivated audiences worldwide. more

“I'm no perfect gymnast. I want to go out and eat junk food, or I maybe don't sleep as much as I should, or some days I'll leave the gym and think, "Maybe I should have worked a little harder. Maybe I'm not as tired as I need to be." Every day you push a little harder, eat a little better, maybe go to bed a little earlier.”

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Author:Jonathan Horton

“I tell my coach all the time "Hey, listen, coach. You know the hardest person on me isn't you, right? It's me." I'm the hardest person on myself, my biggest critic, always pushing. But there are days when I have to tell myself, "Relax, breathe, you're too stressed out." When it's no longer fun, when it's no longer something you can tolerate, that's when you have to take a break.”

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Author:Jonathan Horton

“The game [football] has moved on a lot but still, ask most players and they will tell you that pre-season isn't their favourite time of the year.”

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Author:Colin Kazim-Richards

“Everyone thinks footballers have it easy and at this time of year see loads of pictures of players relaxing on beaches and in bars but what they don't see is most of them will be doing their own fitness regimes. If you don't you will get back and you will be off the pace, might get injured and won't play football matches.”