Competition Quote by Nadia Comaneci

I was a gymnast when I was little, like 8, 9, 10.

— Pamela Anderson

Winning the 400 meters gold at the pre-Olympics gave me a little confidence. I thought I could win a medal if I tried.

— P. T. Usha

It sounds funny, but the 2008 Olympics were something that just kind of happened, and I was lucky they came at a point when…

— Shawn Johnson

The Vancouver Olympics was the first competition where I completed the short and free programs without any mistakes, and that in itself was a…

— Yuna Kim

In gymnastics, you have to be perfect every step along the way.

— Shannon Miller

I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open.

— Nancy Kerrigan

I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6.

— Nadia Comaneci

Up to nineteen seventy six when I quit gymnastics I was very, disappointed because I didn't have anything which is, live with. I didn't…

— Olga Korbut

It was those medals I won at Kottayam that gave me the confidence to dream it big in athletics.

— P. T. Usha

The joy had been ripped away from me, but deep down, I loved the competition floor. And I thought, 'Gymnastics is literally the only…

— Katelyn Ohashi

I got an Olympic medal.

— Emma McKeon

Olympic medals are the one medal that I don't have; I've won just about every other competition that I've been at.

— Eric Shanteau