Gymnastics Quotes - Page 10

• I don't think many people will remember me when I retire.

  Svetlana Boginskaya

  Thinking, People, Remember

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• Goals have to be realistic and flexible.

  Shannon Miller

  Goal, Realistic, Flexible

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• I was a rhythmic and athletic gymnast for a little while. Then, when I quit gymnastics, I fell in love with yoga. So sometimes I think I'd like to open up a yoga studio.

  Nina Dobrev

  Yoga, Thinking, Athletic

  "Nina Dobrev admits to having a burberry addiction" by Jocelyn Vena, www.mtv.com. May 31, 2013.

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• I did rhythmic gymnastics and I absolutely adored it. I was in the squad for Sussex. I wasn't stupendous, but it was something that I was good at and I really loved the combination of discipline and expression. That, to me, was just dreamy.

  Gwendoline Christie

  Expression, Squad, Discipline

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• [on BBC's Sherlock] It's a rare challenge, both for the audience and an actor, to take part in something with this level of intelligence and wit. You have to really enjoy it. It's a form of mental and physical gymnastics.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Challenges, Actors, Levels

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• Movements are as eloquent as words.

  Isadora Duncan

  Ballet, Movement, Eloquent

  Isadora Duncan (1972). “My Life”, Liveright Publishing Corporation

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• When one tries to increase his knowledge by doing mental gymnastics over books without waiting upon God and looking to the guidance of the Holy Spirit, his soul is plainly in full swing. This will deplete his spiritual life. Because the fall of man was occasioned by seeking knowledge, God uses the foolishness of the cross to "destroy the wisdom of the wise.

  Watchman Nee

  Wise, Spiritual, Book

  Watchman Nee (2009). “The Spiritual Man”, p.71, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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• I come from a very sporty background because my mom is a gymnastics teacher. So growing up I was never sitting watching TV in the afternoons. I always played ball outside in the backyard.

  Gal Gadot

  Mom, Teacher, Growing Up

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Staying in shape does not come easily, especially as you get older and you don't have as much time or energy to exercise. I used to be naturally skinny in high school and college. I was in cheerleading, ran track, and did gymnastics, so I had a built-in five-hour workout every day. Lately, I've been doing Pilates on the Megaformer, which is like Pilates on steroids.

  Eva Longoria

  Workout, Cheerleading, School

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I fell in love with gymnastics. I love what I do now. I work with people that I love to be around. Success comes from that.

  Shawn Johnson

  People

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• Quite often on a movie like Total Recall you have this training period of two or three months where, like on the first 'Underworld' I was doing gymnastics and trampolining and all this stuff which I don't do in the movie necessarily, but mentally it helps. You come home and you go: 'Well, I've done all that. I must be an action star now!' So it helps you focus a little bit and gets you fit.

  Colin Farrell

  Stars, Home, Two

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• 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 have a friend so I didn't have a coach anymore.

  Olga Korbut

  Nineteen, Six, Quitting

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• I don't want to go anywhere outside of gymnastics.

  Dina Kochetkova

  Want

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• Everyone works hard when they want to, when they get quick results, when it's convenient to put forth effort. The best work hard when they don't want to, when it's inconvenient to give it that little extra effort... and that extra effort might be just what they need to place them on top.

  Peter Vidmar

  Work, Giving, Effort

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• Creative people inspire me. Athletes also inspire me to come alive, especially my daughter, a competitive gymnast who works very hard, as much as six hours a day on her gymnastics skills.

  Nathan East

  Daughter, Athlete, Skills

  "Daft Punk Bassist Nathan East: Music is His Mission". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 9, 2014.

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• It feels amazing to inspire little kids to want to do gymnastics and have fun with it.

  Simone Biles

  Fun, Kids, Inspire

  Source: www.elle.com

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• With gymnastics, I know I was making some people in that world mad because they thought that I wasn't focused on gymnastics. They were like, 'Ugh, she won't get off social media, she's always tweeting.' They wanted me to be America's sweetheart. And I think I've never fit into that cookie cutter person.

  McKayla Maroney

  Thinking, People, Mad

  Source: www.seventeen.com

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• 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 Olympics?' And when I'd say no, they'd literally look sad. So it was very hard for me to get excited about anything else. I thought that I had to do gymnastics forever.

  McKayla Maroney

  Mean, People, Forever

  Source: www.seventeen.com

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• Gymnastics, you get one shot; acting, it's like, do it again, do it again, do it again. So that was the one thing that I found very different. You're allowed to get different tries and you're more expressive in a way when you're working with people. In gymnastics, you're so on your own and individual.

  McKayla Maroney

  People, Trying, Acting

  Source: www.seventeen.com

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• [Dmitry Bilozerchev] is a genius of gymnastics.

  Grigory Misutin

  Genius

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• I was seven years old when I learnt the back somi on beam.

  Ecaterina Szabo

  Years, Seven, Beam

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• You have to have competent people evaluating the athlete, not the housewives!

  Bela Karolyi

  Athlete, People, Housewife

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• We usually spend one hour per week on ballet but Marta Karolyi has us do a lot of compulsory floor in the morning practice.

  Kristie Phillips

  Morning, Practice, Ballet

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• When I was much younger and still competing in gymnastics, I could rarely find inspiration outside of the sport.

  Nastia Liukin

  Sports, Inspiration, Competing

  Interview With Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without mistakes, how would we know what we had to work on?

  Peter McWilliams

  Mistake, Needs, Good Advice

  Peter McWilliams (1997). “Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned about Life in School--but Didn't”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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