Athleticism Quote by Meghan O'Rourke

What's endlessly complicated in thinking about women's gymnastics is the way that vulnerability and power are threaded through the sport.

— Meghan O'Rourke

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…

— Meghan O'Rourke

In the end, there's more than just gymnastics.

— MyKayla Skinner

Gymnastics is so complex.

— Shawn Johnson

Gymnastics is the greatest sport in the world, and one of the hardest, but we have to watch out for domineering male figures who…

— Dominique Moceanu

The thing with gymnastics is people don't always know the events. So they'll ask me about the rings, and I'll have to say, 'Women…

— McKayla Maroney

Gymnastics has become degraded as the participants have become younger. Once it was a sport of grace for women, never for little girls.

— Vera Caslavska

That's really what gymnastics should be. It should always be a beautiful and inspiring thing to so many people.

— MyKayla Skinner

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

I'm really good at gymnastics, and that's about it.

— Amy Adams

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

I know gymnastics. It's always been a subjective appreciation.

— Bela Karolyi