Awful Quote by McKayla Maroney

I get quite depressed and unmotivated by my injuries.

— Julio Cesar Chavez Sr

When you talk about an injury and the kind of depression you go through, it's not just because you're out of shape and you…

— Jamila Wideman

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

— Shawn Johnson

You can't be a gymnast if you're afraid of getting hurt. Gymnasts get hurt on a daily basis.

— Anonymous

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

I knew when I started gymnastics, I wanted to have a lot of fun and eventually go to the Olympics. On the moments where…

— Laurie Hernandez

If I don't do high-intensity interval training classes for an hour every morning and yoga a few days a week, I get depressed.

— Davinia Taylor

To be an elite athlete is really hard when you're depressed.

— Liz Cambage

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

Depression cannot be overcome by listing a series of good things in one's life, any more than a broken foot can be healed by…

— Mallory Ortberg

You don't get depressed because bad things happen to you. That's getting pissed off and annoyed. That's reasonable. Someone hits you in the face…

— Stephen Fry

First, don't cry. That's the worst thing a gymnast can do in training, because it can ruin your concentration and lead to injury. Second,…

— Rozalia Galiyeva