Shannon Miller Quotes

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• Doing your best is more important than being the best.

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  Athlete, Important, Being The Best

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• Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Gymnastics

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• Face each day with the expectation of achieving good, rather than the dread of falling short.

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  Fall, Gymnastics, Expectations

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• Everyone gets scared, and everyone falls. The key is to get right back up and try again.

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  Motivational, Fall, Gymnastics

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• Gymnastics uses every single part of your body, every little tiny muscle that you never even knew.

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  Gymnastics, Littles, Tiny

  Interview With Peter Gambaccini, www.runnersworld.com. October 23, 2006.

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• Gymnastics is a lot like life. You don't become an Elite gymnast by bickering and having a negative attitude. You have to be positive to get to that level.

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  Attitude, Gymnastics, Being Positive

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• It's important to have a plan, a big picture. You can deviate from it or change it completely, but it gives you something to work for.

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  Motivational, Giving, Important

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• Go into the sport because you have fun doing it, not because of 'what ifs' and dreams of gold medals. That way, no matter what happens, you win.

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  Sports, Dream, Fun

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• I'm a competitor. I really enjoyed the race more than just going out and running to run.

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  Running, Race, Going Out

  Interview with Peter Gambaccini, www.runnersworld.com. October 23, 2006.

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• When I go in to compete, whether it's gymnastics or anything else, I do my own thing. I compete with myself.

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  Motivational, Gymnastics, Competition

  Interview With Peter Gambaccini, www.runnersworld.com. October 23, 2006.

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• In gymnastics, the longest routine you do is a minute and a half, and that's pretty tough to get through.

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  Gymnastics, Routine, Half

  "Chat: Shannon Miller". Interview with Peter Gambaccini, www.runnersworld.com. October 23, 2006.

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• There is always going to be a reason why you can't do something; your job is to constantly look for the reasons why you can achieve your dreams.

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  Dream, Jobs, Gymnastics

  "Interview With Olympic Gold Medalist Shannon Miller". Interview with Jen Rubino, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 17, 2013.

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• You have to remember that no matter how big your goals or how many you have, there are going to be times when you miss by a little bit. You have to be realistic and flexible. One reason I have so many smaller goals is that even if my big goals don't happen, I've still achieved so much along the way, I don't feel the loss.

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  Softball, Sports, Motivation

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• At the Olympics, you there to do a job. I feel you should take it seriously. You should be respectful. You are putting on the red-white-and-blue and going out there to perform for your country.

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  Country, Jobs, Blue

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• I will be talking with gymnasts from some of the other countries. I will be getting a feel for what they're thinking and what they're doing. It should be a really great meet

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  Country, Thinking, Talking

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• It's amazing to me that they're cutting physical education programs in the school systems.

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  School, Cutting, Physical Education

  "Chat: Shannon Miller". Interview with Peter Gambaccini, www.runnersworld.com. October 23, 2006.

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• Gymnastics is the type of sport where you can't take something that gives you more energy. Something may be great for the vault, but then you have the bars after it and you have to be more sedate for that.

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  Sports, Gymnastics, Squash

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• I think it's really important to look at the big picture instead of just one competition

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  Thinking, Competition, Important

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• For the most part I'll probably do floor exercise and balance beam. Those are the two things that I do.

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  Exercise, Two, Balance

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• I don't think I have the mileage on me to really complain of any injuries yet.

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  Thinking, Complaining, Injury

  "Chat: Shannon Miller". Interview with Peter Gambaccini, www.runnersworld.com. October 23, 2006.

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• Floor exercise, the longest you run is two or three steps. In the vault, it's not a whole lot more than that.

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  Running, Exercise, Two

  Interview with Peter Gambaccini, www.runnersworld.com. October 23, 2006.

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• I share Len Saunders’ concerns about childhood obesity and getting kids to be active beginning at an early age.

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  Kids, Childhood, Age

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• There's not a whole lot of events out there on television, especially in the years between Olympic Games.

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  Years, Games, Events

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• At an Olympics Game, you want to enjoy it, especially if you know it's going to be your last one.

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  Games, Want, Olympics

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• Charles Barkley was a big teddy bear.

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  Bears, Teddy Bear, Bigs

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