I was a gymnast for 13 years, so I was heavy into sports.

I'd had my share of rain. My mother's illness ... had weighed on me, but the years before had been heavy, too. I was…

— Paula McLain

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

— Svetlana Boginskaya

I know how to smile, I know how to laugh, I know how to play. But I know how to do these things only…

— Nadia Comaneci

As a child, I was very active. I was a gymnast, I played touch football, netball and basketball. When I was 16 years old,…

— Miranda Kerr

I don't want to be considered a gymnast anymore.

— Mitch Gaylord

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