I realize how much ballet gave me, and because of ballet…

“They fan out across the room, swift and surgical, the steps of this brutal ballet known by heart.”

— Amie Kaufman

I gave up ballet when I was four because I was so shy.

— Emma Weymouth

My mother never learned English, but in Russia, the greatest thing was to give a child to the arts. And so they gave me…

— Maria Karnilova

Since babyhood, I've always evolved from one thing to another. My mother gave me ballet lessons at 6 as part of her enthusiasm for…

— Judith Jamison

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

— Svetlana Boginskaya

I love all the attention, people noticing me. 'There's the gymnast. There she is!'

— Gabby Douglas

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…

— Jonathan Horton

You do see some people that can contort themselves all the way around, but they may have been practicing for years, they may be…

— Jayne Middlemiss

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

— Nastia Liukin

I mean, I take that with the biggest amount of pride there could possibly be because I have so many idols of gymnasts that…

— Kim Zmeskal

[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…

— Peter Vidmar

When I was young I wanted to be a gymnast. I used to compete at it, but then I grew too tall.

— Miranda Kerr

Growing up I definitely looked up to Dominique Moceanu. She was my favorite gymnast and she was on that '96 Olympic team. She was…

— Alicia Sacramone

I get a lot of flak for it... people saying [my body] is not normal for a girl... But I'm okay with it. I…

— Pink

“Maybe she's a gymnast with superior muscle control." "She'd have to be in Cirque de Soleil to manage this.”

— Huntley Fitzpatrick