Cathy Rigby Quotes

• In high school I never went to the prom because I was too consumed with gymnastics. Also, with my hair in pigtails and looking about 10, I wasn't exactly date material.

  Cathy Rigby

  School, Gymnastics, Hair

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• It's really hard to separate fantasy from reality.

  Cathy Rigby

  Reality, Fantasy, Hard

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• I would climb on roofs and jump off using my parents' bed sheet, hoping it would open like a parachute. I was always getting hurt, breaking a leg, you know, bruising, cracking my head open.

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  Hurt, Parent, Bed

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• 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 been around it. I know.

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  Beautiful, Sports, Gymnastics

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• Flying is such a joy. You just want to hoot.

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  Joy, Flying, Want

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• Nowadays a gold medal is a $1 million contract. Our athletes are our heroes.

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  Hero, Athlete, Gold

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• It's that athlete's obsessiveness - the need to prove yourself and work harder than anybody else. I think it's what helped me do well in the theater.

  Cathy Rigby

  Hard Work, Athlete, Thinking

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• I will jump into most any role.

  Cathy Rigby

  Roles

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• Seeing the show is like a visit to the fountain of youth for parents and the children.

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  Children, Parent, Youth

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• I grew up in a sport that didn't allow you to grow up. There was always the threat of younger competition. So you had to maintain the image of youth.

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  Sports, Growing Up, Competition

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• I have three dogs and a cockatoo.

  Cathy Rigby

  Dog, Three, Three Dog

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• An athlete learns how to hold her breath, but that doesn't work in singing. You have to learn to relax.

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  Athlete, Singing, Relax

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• Actually, performing is a lot like golf. You are alone, so vulnerable.

  Cathy Rigby

  Golf, Vulnerable, Performing

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• There's no disgrace in failure, the disgrace is not to try.

  Cathy Rigby

  Leadership, Sports, Trying

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• The thing I received from Girl Scouts more than anything else was a sense of real teamwork and working for the community, helping others, and it was not competitive. I remember working as a group to achieve a goal or to help the community. There was a great sense of accomplishment in that.

  Cathy Rigby

  Girl, Teamwork, Real

  "Girls Scouts' 100th Anniversary a Time to Reflect". abcnews.go.com. March 12, 2012.

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• Acting allows me the freedom to let go, to be in the moment, to be spontaneous. I no longer have the fear of losing, of failure.

  Cathy Rigby

  Letting Go, Acting, Losing

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