Gymnastics Quotes · Page 5

Gymnastics is my whole life, and I dream of going to the Olympics and being a world champ.

— Aly Raisman

How I've always felt is that the fun in gymnastics got taken away from me too soon.

— Katelyn Ohashi

“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

While I love college gymnastics, I'd like to try and compete for my country.

— MyKayla Skinner

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

— Li Ning

Being able to do something that I love and be at such a high level of gymnastics is just amazing.

— Laurie Hernandez

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

— Mads Mikkelsen

Athens was a great experience and I'll always be able to look back on it and say I achieved my ultimate goal…

— Carly Patterson

We can often do more for other men by trying to correct our own faults than by trying to correct theirs.

— Francois Fenelon

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

— Vladislav Rastorotsky

While swimming was always a spotlight sport, I was, if you will, sort of present at the creation when gymnastics became the…

— Frank Deford

Music and television are turning into the equivalent of gymnastics and tennis: sports built entirely around the identification and training of prodigies.

— Tom Junod

The coaches today should realize that they are, after all, working with children who sometimes have to stand up to physical and…

— Elena Mukhina

If you want to take it up a step and aim to become a competitive gymnast, you have to be mentally strong…

— Shannon Miller

The best part is when parents come up to me with their kids, and they say, 'My daughter started gymnastics because of…

— Laurie Hernandez

As a gymnast, I've always compartmentalized my life, which is a blessing and a curse. But over time, I've learned that my…

— Katelyn Ohashi

If you think about it - if you watch a gymnast compete, you don't see their training behind the scenes. You just…

— Hilary Hahn

I feel there are tone singers, and there are more vocal gymnastics singers. And I think that's amazing when people can do…

— Zooey Deschanel

“I uncurled my legs and pushed until I had both arms fully extended and both legs straight up in the air. My…

— Rachel Hawkins

Everyone always asks if I'm going to 'make my kids do CrossFit.' I'll never make them do anything. I will, however, make…

— Rich Froning Jr

At the Olympics, there was a little bit of unfair judging, but I tried not to be disappointed and to do my…

— Olena Vitrychenko

Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason. Retiring was scary and it was…

— Shawn Johnson

It was definitely a big change in my life going from the college scene to really kind of being on my own.…

— Jonathan Horton

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

— Shawn Johnson

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

— Laurie Hernandez

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

— Honore de Balzac

Competing in gymnastics is the greatest reminder of being alive as a human being.

— Raj Bhavsar

“Caution not spirit, let it roam wild; for in that natural state dance embraces divine frequency.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people.

— Nadia Comaneci

Walking has the best value as gymnastics of the mind.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating.

— Shawn Johnson

I want to learn skiing and parallel bar gymnastics.

— Sushmita Sen

I did gymnastics when I was growing up and to this day I can still do the splits.

— Kristin Kreuk

“Burdened no more is soul for whom life flows through dance and not breath.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

My approach to gymnastics in Beijing was heavily based on the amount of difficulty I could do.

— Shawn Johnson

I know gymnastics. It's always been a subjective appreciation.

— Bela Karolyi

Every single element, even the most hair-raising, can be improved.

— Dmitry Bilozerchev

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

— Guy Finley

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

— Sergei Polunin