Best Gymnast Quotes
47 Gymnast quotes by 36 unique authors
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I have been curious about the mind and body for as long as I can remember. I was a gymnast, a ballet dancer, and a…
— Rodney Yee
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I've never wanted to be anything but a gymnast. Maybe it is dangerous-but when you start thinking about danger, you might as well give up.
— Olga Korbut
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The process of reading is not a half sleep, but in the highest sense, an exercise, a gymnast's struggle: that the reader is to do…
— Walt Whitman
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It sounds funny, but the 2008 Olympics were something that just kind of happened, and I was lucky they came at a point when I…
— Shawn Johnson
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It's all too easy when talking about female gymnasts to fall into the trap of infantilizing them, spending more time worrying more about female vulnerability…
— Meghan O'Rourke
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I was a gymnast for years.
— Kelly Preston
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As a gymnast, you always wear spandex. Being a teenager wearing spandex? It was tough accepting how my body looked, especially if there was any…
— Alicia Sacramone
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Growing up I definitely looked up to Dominique Moceanu. She was my favorite gymnast and she was on that '96 Olympic team. She was always…
— Alicia Sacramone
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I was a semi-professional gymnast as a child. I did rhythmic gymnastics, but I sustained an injury and strained all the muscles in my spine.
— Gwendoline Christie
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When I was young I wanted to be a gymnast. I used to compete at it, but then I grew too tall.
— Miranda Kerr
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A person who undertakes the study of Zen and learns concentration and meditation is like a gymnast. You become a gymnast of the mind.
— Frederick Lenz
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I told myself after 2008 that I was done for good. But they say you can't keep a gymnast away from her sport.
— Shawn Johnson
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As a child, I was very active. I was a gymnast, I played touch football, netball and basketball. When I was 16 years old, I…
— Miranda Kerr
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I was a gymnast when I was little, like 8, 9, 10.
— Pamela Anderson
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Eleven years old is not an early age to set your sight on the Olympics for a gymnast, because we normally peak in high school.…
— Dominique Dawes
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As a competitive gymnast, my life has always been filled with challenges that would ultimately define my future. From day one, I was taught to…
— Dominique Moceanu
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My parents, Romanian immigrants, struggled to provide me a better life than the ones they had left in their homeland. They worked hard to give…
— Dominique Moceanu
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I was never invited to the White House. They invited that Olympic Russian gymnast - that little Communist, Olga Korbut.
— Bobby Fischer
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When I was younger I wanted to be a gymnast, but they have to be quite short - I was tall.
— Tamara Ecclestone
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Our friendship started at the center, and swirled around the place like a gymnast doing back flips. Our bumpy road has yet to come to…
— Morgan R
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Cting came from me being depressed. I was a gymnast and swimmer until 13. Then I gave sports up and started naval gazing. I needed…
— Andrew Garfield
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I had a huge crush on Olga Korbut, the gymnast. The only other person was Cliff Richard, which is embarrassing, it means that when I…
— Hugh Grant
Who Wrote These Gymnast Quotes
36 authors contributed a total of 47 Gymnast Quotes, led by these top contributors: