Gymnastics Quotes - Page 10

• 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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• 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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• Movements are as eloquent as words.

  Isadora Duncan

  Ballet, Movement, Eloquent

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

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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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• 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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• Generally speaking, I think it is unbecoming to act as a national hero, wave hands and so on.

  Vitaly Scherbo

  Hero, Thinking, Hands

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• I'm always smiling, always waving. I'm just a natural show-off.

  Kristie Phillips

  Always Smile, Natural, Shows

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• It's nice to have a medal, but we were hoping for a gold.

  Marta Karolyi

  Nice, Gold, Medal

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

  Bela Karolyi

  Athlete, People, Housewife

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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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• [Dmitry Bilozerchev] is a genius of gymnastics.

  Grigory Misutin

  Genius

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

  Svetlana Boginskaya

  Thinking, People, Remember

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

  Dina Kochetkova

  Want

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• Goals have to be realistic and flexible.

  Shannon Miller

  Goal, Realistic, Flexible

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• After quitting gymnastics in 2000, I was looking for that next thing where I could defy gravity. I was looking for something that had the flipping and the twisting and allowed me to be acrobatic.

  David Boudia

  Next, Quitting, Gravity

  "A conversation with U.S. Olympic gold medalist diver David Boudia". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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 always joke to my dad and thank him for giving me this little boy body. When I was 6 or 7, my gymnastics coach looked at my quads and told the other coach to come over and see my quads. They were big then and still are. But I've kind of embraced it through the years.

  Ali Krieger

  Dad, Boys, Years

  "Under Ali Krieger's uniform". Interview with Morty Ain, www.espn.com. June 25, 2015.

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