Gymnastics Quotes · Page 4

As far as technique and virtuosity are concerned, I think I am better than Bilozerchev.

— Li Ning

“Limit not to only five, when the divine gifts the supreme sixth; the sense of dance”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

I think that to be a competitive athlete, you have to be goal-oriented.

— Shannon Miller

The mind, too, has its regimen. It needs gymnastics, just like the body does.

— Honore de Balzac

I started a gymnastics class at five years old, but it became serious at seven.

— Laurie Hernandez

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

— Shawn Johnson

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

— Mads Mikkelsen

Gymnastics is definitely my job, but the great thing about that is I love my job.

— Jonathan Horton

I had a couple friends from all the different cliques in school, but my true friends were my gymnastics teammates. I grew…

— Nicole Anderson

When I broke my knee, no one cared how I was; they just wanted me to get better and come back to…

— Lavinia Agache

I would love to learn popping, locking and robotics, gymnastics and acrobatics; it is amazing to learn these things.

— Malaika Arora Khan

I think gymnastics trained me as a person, too. Without the lessons I learned in gymnastics, I would be crushed.

— Anonymous

My gymnasts are always the best-prepared in the world. And they win. In the end, that's what matters.

— Bela Karolyi

We need to remind ourselves that contemporary art is first of all a form of conceptual gymnastics, in which we learn to…

— Massimiliano Gioni

I come from a very sporty background because my mom is a gymnastics teacher. So growing up I was never sitting watching…

— Gal Gadot

Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I…

— Shawn Johnson

When one tries to increase his knowledge by doing mental gymnastics over books without waiting upon God and looking to the guidance…

— Watchman Nee

It's just so weird coming into the gym and not feeling like, you know, 'I'm going to die.' Before it was like,…

— MyKayla Skinner

From what my friends tell me, apparently some guys can be pretty intimidated by me when they find out what I do.…

— Alicia Sacramone

I could have never been a high diver or a gymnast because I don't like subjectivity. I love where I'm faster than…

— Shannon Sharpe

And we realized that it was kind of a starting point for gymnastics, to go professional, and also to just get a…

— Shannon Miller

I’m a true believer in the mental side of gymnastics – the 95% mental and 5% physical. It’s totally true. As you…

— Jonathan Horton

After Rio, I joined the gymnastics team at the University of Utah. It was a hard transition, because I've always competed in…

— MyKayla Skinner

Only recently have I been introduced to the gym and heavy weightlifting and things like that. Before that, when I grew up,…

— Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition.

— Albert Einstein

Put fire into your workout any you burn off worry and frustration!

— Suzanne Yoculan

...there are no limits on your dreams if you're willing to work for it

— Shannon Miller

I've always had an undeniable love for gymnastics.

— Katelyn Ohashi

There is always tension in women's gymnastics between athleticism, grace, performance, and eros.

— Meghan O'Rourke

Because I'm little, I think the audience likes me.

— Mo Huilan

Generally speaking, I think it is unbecoming to act as a national hero, wave hands and so on.

— Vitaly Scherbo

I did gymnastics, I went to school, then I did homework. I missed out on a childhood.

— Sergei Polunin

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

— Guy Finley

People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme.

— Shawn Johnson

Without the lessons I learned in gymnastics, I would be crushed.

— Liang Chow

The Olympics shows the community what gymnastics is all about.

— Bela Karolyi

Strength and conditioning are the keys to good performance and longevity in gymnastics.

— Suzanne Yoculan

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

— Shawn Johnson

“You’ve worked hard at school and at gymnastics. That’s no easy feat!”

— Mary Casanova

This is what I'm supposed to do. This is what I'm meant to do, is elite gymnastics.

— MyKayla Skinner