Cathy Rigby Quotes

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• Seeing the show is like a visit to the fountain of youth for parents and the children.
• The thing I received from Girl Scouts more than anything else was a sense of real teamwork and working for the community, helping others, and…
• Flying is such a joy. You just want to hoot.
• There's no disgrace in failure, the disgrace is not to try.
• Actually, performing is a lot like golf. You are alone, so vulnerable.
• An athlete learns how to hold her breath, but that doesn't work in singing. You have to learn to relax.
• I have three dogs and a cockatoo.
• 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 to…
• It's really hard to separate fantasy from reality.
• There's so much denial in gymnastics. It's a beautiful sport but the other part is numbing. You become machinelike. They'll refute this, but I've been…
• I will jump into most any role.
• 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 in…
• I would climb on roofs and jump off using my parents' bed sheet, hoping it would open like a parachute. I was always getting hurt,…
• In high school I never went to the prom because I was too consumed with gymnastics. Also, with my hair in pigtails and looking about…
• Nowadays a gold medal is a $1 million contract. Our athletes are our heroes.
• Acting allows me the freedom to let go, to be in the moment, to be spontaneous. I no longer have the fear of losing, of…
• Our athletes are our heroes.
• I just like to act.
• I never realized until recently how much my life parallels Peter Pan.
• I'll talk to kids afterward and somebody will always say, 'I'll leave my bedroom window open for you.

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