Fit Quote by McKayla Maroney

I was a gymnast my whole life. I mean, I'd go to Starbucks and people would be like, 'Are you going to the next…

— McKayla Maroney

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…

— Cathy Rigby

There's so much denial in gymnastics. It's a beautiful sport but the other part is numbing. You become machine-like. They'll refute this, but I've…

— Cathy Rigby

The gymnastics community is toxic. You just do what they say no matter what. It's really scary.

— Paige Spiranac

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

— Anonymous

The truth is, gymnastics is a beautiful sport that has allowed me to grow and learn invaluable life lessons: sacrifice, dedication, discipline. Eventually, it…

— Katelyn Ohashi

I have said that gymnastics can be abusive and brutal. That was my experience. I felt trapped in a world where authority figures were…

— Katelyn Ohashi

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

— Katelyn Ohashi

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

— Lavinia Agache

My teammates and my coaches have all allowed me to step into my individuality and not be defined by just being a gymnast.

— Katelyn Ohashi

I don't want to be considered a gymnast anymore.

— Mitch Gaylord

I think I finally have really taken ownership of myself and me as a gymnast.

— Katelyn Ohashi