Nowadays a gold medal is a $1 million contract. Our athletes are our heroes. — Cathy Rigby Copy Share Image
I grew up in a sport that didn't allow you to grow up. There was always the threat of younger competition. So you had… — Cathy Rigby Copy Share Image
You see your peers weighing 80 pounds and you think, 'Oh, my God, I've got to be 80 pounds or I'll fail.' — Cathy Rigby Copy Share Image
I remember secretly going off and crying. All of a sudden I'm being blocked and have to be intimate in a scene, and I'm… — Cathy Rigby Copy Share Image
Nowadays a gold medal is a $1 million contract. Our athletes are our heroes. — Cathy Rigby Copy Share Image
It's that athlete's obsessiveness - the need to prove yourself and work harder than anybody else. I think it's what helped me do well… — Cathy Rigby Copy Share Image
I would climb on roofs and jump off using my parents' bed sheet, hoping it would open like a parachute. I was always getting… — Cathy Rigby Copy Share Image
I've been able to play a kid up to this point and pretend that I'm not a grown-up - well, at least for two… — Cathy Rigby Copy Share Image
An athlete learns how to hold her breath, but that doesn't work in singing. You have to learn to relax. — Cathy Rigby Copy Share Image
So it really does have a sort of bittersweet quality. Kids like to have adventures and to believe they can fly, but there's also… — Cathy Rigby Copy Share Image
Acting allows me the freedom to let go, to be in the moment, to be spontaneous. I no longer have the fear of losing,… — Cathy Rigby Copy Share Image
