Best Gymnast Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run towards it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your foot”

Fear Challenge Gymnast

Author:Nadia Comaneci

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

Sports Gymnastics Gymnast

Author:Nastia Liukin

“She’s a regular in her local gym today and is constantly pushing herself to get stronger.”

Strong Gymnast Push

Book:Shredders: Girls Who Skate

Source: Shredders: Girls Who Skate

“Ducks are water gymnasts. Their fluid motion goes beyond dance and into art.”

Art Dancing Dance Ducks Gymnastics Duck Duck Quote Duck Quotes Gymnast

Book:Powdered Saxophone Music

Source: Powdered Saxophone Music

“Dance less in motion and more in spirit; awaken the dreamer within.”

“Music does not need language of words for it has movements of dance to do its translation.”

“Soar like an eagle beyond skies of heavens reach; as wings of dreams dance with winds of reality.”

“Dance resides within us all. Some find it when joy conquers sorrow, others express it through celebration of movements; and then there are those... whose existence is dance,”

“It's all too easy when talking about female gymnasts to fall into the trap of infantilizing them, spending more time worrying more about female vulnerability than we do celebrating female strength.”

Fall Easy Talking Worry Female Spending Celebrate Vulnerability More Time Traps Gymnast

Author:Meghan O'Rourke

“I was a gymnast for years.”

Years Gymnast

Author:Kelly Preston

“As a gymnast, you always wear spandex. Being a teenager wearing spandex? It was tough accepting how my body looked, especially if there was any weight gain.”

Ifs Body Accepting Tough Gains Weight Teenager Gymnast Being A Teenager Spandex

Author:Alicia Sacramone

“Growing up I definitely looked up to Dominique Moceanu. She was my favorite gymnast and she was on that '96 Olympic team. She was always so fun to watch. I kind of wanted to model my career after hers.”

Kind Wanted Fun Careers Watches Growing Up Growing Team Models My Favorite Gymnast

Author:Alicia Sacramone

“Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.”

“A person who undertakes the study of Zen and learns concentration and meditation is like a gymnast. You become a gymnast of the mind.”

Mind Persons Study Meditation Concentration Introduction Gymnast

Author:Frederick Lenz

“I think the scores for Olympic gymnastics are affected by what countries the judge and the gymnast are from. That's wrong. That type of political pandering isn't meant for gymnastic Olympic events. It's meant for the Supreme Court.”

Thinking Country Funny Political Events Judging Type Court Supreme Score Affected Olympics Supreme Court Gymnastics Gymnast London Olympics

Author:Craig Ferguson

“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.”

Challenges Taught Cost Filled Prepared Be Prepared My Future Gymnast

Book:Off Balance: A Memoir

Source: Off Balance: A Memoir

“If you've got hips, you can't be a gymnast or dancer. That ruled me out.”

Ifs Hips Dancer Gymnast

Author:Mia Hamm

“You do see some people that can contort themselves all the way around, but they may have been practicing for years, they may be gymnasts or they may just be flexible.”

People Way Years May Has Beens Flexible Gymnast

Author:Jayne Middlemiss

“I was enough of an acrobat and a gymnast and a dancer and everything else so that I could handle the kung fu, because it's just choreography.”

Enough Handle Dancer Choreography Kung Fu Gymnast

Author:David Carradine

“I was a gymnast for many years before I was a dancer, so it comes in pretty handy when I do stunts.”

Years Dancer Handy Gymnast

Author:Mads Mikkelsen

“Allow some warm-up time each day to stimulate your creative flow. A pianist does keyboard exercises. A gymnast stretches. An artist needs to loosen up, too. It takes a few minutes to shift from the real world into a creative mode.”

World Needs Doe Real Artist Creative Minutes Exercise Flow Warm Preparation Each Day Real World Keyboards Pianist Gymnast

Book:The New Creative Artist

Source: The New Creative Artist

“Part of being a good gymnast is being very disciplined - you have to know how to train right, eat right, sleep right.”

Knows Sleep Know How Train Gymnast

Author:Jonathan Horton

“I want to stay involved in gymnastics forever, but the Olympics really opened up doors in terms of motivational speaking. I'd like do some type of broadcasting or commentating for gymnastics events on TV, or even give my insights as a gymnast into other sports; I'm kind of a sports junkie in general.”

Want Giving Kind Sports Term Forever Doors Events Tvs Type Involved Insight Olympics Gymnastics Junkie Broadcasting Gymnast

Author:Jonathan Horton

“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.”

Thinking Want Needs Should Littles Sleep Perfect Bed Should Have Harder Tired Gym Junk Junk Food Gymnast

Author:Jonathan Horton

“I love physical movement. Dance was my favorite thing, and I was a gymnast. I find that expression through movement is easier, in some ways, than expression through words.”

Way Movement Expression Easier My Favorite Favorites Things Gymnast

Author:Kristin Kreuk

“I was a rhythmic and athletic gymnast for a little while. Then, when I quit gymnastics, I fell in love with yoga. So sometimes I think I'd like to open up a yoga studio.”

Thinking Littles Sometimes Yoga Studios Quitting Athletic Gymnastics I Quit Gymnast

Author:Nina Dobrev

“As a child, I was very active. I was a gymnast, I played touch football, netball and basketball. When I was 16 years old, I started yoga. I started working out at an early age.”

Years Children Age Football Basketball Yoga Work Out Active Gymnast Touch Football

Author:Miranda Kerr

“Gymnastics taught me everything - life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect.”

Responsibility Taught Discipline Lessons Life Lesson Gymnastics Gymnast

Author:Shawn Johnson

“I told myself after 2008 that I was done for good. But they say you can't keep a gymnast away from her sport.”

Done Sports Gymnast

Author:Shawn Johnson

“I grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and was a very competitive (and stressed out!) gymnast before getting into entertainment, but it was never the actual gymnastics that was my true love. I loved the performing aspect of it all.”

Grew Grew Up Aspect Entertainment Performing Stressed Gymnastics Phoenix Arizona Stressed Out Gymnast My True Love

Author:Rachele Brooke Smith

“Creative people inspire me. Athletes also inspire me to come alive, especially my daughter, a competitive gymnast who works very hard, as much as six hours a day on her gymnastics skills.”

People Hard Hours Creative Alive Inspire Skills Six Daughter Athlete My Daughter Gymnastics Creative People Gymnast

Author:Nathan East

“I was a gymnast for twelve or thirteen years. Then I got into surfing and now I paddle board and hike and do whatever I can. I think it's my love of the outdoors.”

Thinking Years I Can Boards Twelve Surfing Thirteen Gymnast

Author:Serinda Swan

“I was always known as that stocky, muscular, powerful, short, athlete. People always wondered if I was on steroids, and it was because I wasn't that long and lean, flexible, artistic gymnast. It didn't affect me too much but it got to the point where I tried to be that long and lean gymnast, and it just wasn't possible.”

People Ifs Long Powerful Known Too Much Athlete Artistic Flexible Steroid Gymnast

Author:Shawn Johnson

“I actually sing horribly, but I used to dance pretty good. I was a gymnast, and you can usually use those gymnastic tricks with dance. Plus, they're so much fun to do. That wasn't really a big part of my career. It was just a phase.”

Use Bigs Used Fun Careers Tricks Plus Phases Gymnast

Author:Robert Englund

“Mads [Mikkelsen] and I have a really epic brawl - a week shoot, lots of rehearsal - and he was just delightful. He's a dancer and a gymnast so he knows how to plant the moves. He was always saying, "Are you okay?" When you've got that level of mutual consideration you form a family very quickly.”

Knows Moving Form Levels Know How Week Okay Plant Dancer Consideration Mutual Epic Delightful Rehearsal Gymnast

Author:Benedict Cumberbatch

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

Motivational My Own Competition Gymnastics Gymnast

Author:Shannon Miller

“This ability to conquer oneself is no doubt the most precious of all things sports bestows.”

Motivational Sports Ability Doubt All Things Athlete Oneself Conquer No Doubt Motivational Sports Gymnastics Inspirational Athlete Gymnast Olympic Athlete

Author:Olga Korbut

“If you are afraid of failure, you don't deserve success.”

“Talent alone is not enough. I believe that a really good gymnast is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.”

Believe Enough Inspiration Motivational I Believe Talent Gymnastics Gymnast Perspiration

Author:Vladislav Rastorotsky

“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.”

Knows Play Motivational Laughing Know How Missions Fulfilled Gymnastics Gymnast

Author:Nadia Comaneci

“Everyone gets scared, and everyone falls. The key is to get right back up and try again.”

Trying Motivational Fall Keys Scared Gymnastics Try Again Gymnast

Author:Shannon Miller

“It's important to push yourself further than you think you can go each and every day - as that is what separates the good from the great.”

Thinking Important Motivational Gymnastics Push Yourself Gymnast

Author:Kerri Strug

“Hard work is always hard work, for young gymnasts and old gymnasts. Whoever can handle this will be a champion.”

Hard Motivational Young Hard Work Handle Champion Gymnastics Gymnast

Author:Svetlana Boginskaya

“It's not about winning or losing a competition, it's about beating the doubt from within yourself and knowing at the end of each day you are one step closer to your goals.”

Ends Motivational Winning Goal Steps Knowing Doubt Losing Competition Each Day Gymnastics Win Or Lose Gymnast

Author:Jonathan Horton

“If you don't leap, you'll never know what it's like to fly.”

Ifs Knows Motivation Leap Gymnastics Gymnast

Author:Guy Finley

“[Alexei Nemov] has the best feel for the aesthetics of the sport. He doesn't just do a skill; he makes it look gorgeous. Some gymnasts think if their arm is bent a little it doesn't matter, but Nemov understands it matters.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Looks Littles Matter Sports Arms Skills Bent Gorgeous Aesthetics Gymnastics Gymnast

Author:Peter Vidmar

“Anybody could be as good as Nemov. Yeah, he's a great gymnast, but anyone can be that good.”

Yeah Gymnastics Gymnast

Author:Blaine Wilson

“Gymnastics is not only a good thing to live by, but it is important to understand how it does help you in life.”

Doe Important Helping Good Things Live By Gymnastics Gymnast

Author:Shawn Johnson

“Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself.”

People Inspirational May Motivational Expectations Gymnastics High Expectations Gymnast

Author:Shannon Miller

“Wake up every day knowing that today is a new day and only you can determine the outcome of that day. So dream big, accept the challenge, and never look back.”

Looks Dream Bigs Motivational Today Challenges Accepting Knowing Wake Up Determine Outcomes New Day Gymnastics Gymnast Today Is A New Day

Author:Alicia Sacramone

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