Gymnastics Quotes

My message is to never quit, never give up. When you have a little trouble here and there, just keep fighting. In the end, it will pay off.

As long as you've done your best, making mistakes doesn't matter. You and I are human; we will mess up. What counts is learning from your mistakes and getting back up when life has knocked you down.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

Movements are as eloquent as words.

For me going down in history being the first black American to win the gold, I think more colored people are going to start coming to the gymnastics world and say 'okay, anything is possible. If Gabby did it, then I can do it too.'

A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing; Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!

Chess is intellectual gymnastics.

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.

It's not about winning or losing a competition, it's about beating the doubt from within yourself and knowing at the end of each day you are one step closer to your goals.

My approach to gymnastics in Beijing was heavily based on the amount of difficulty I could do.

If you want to take it up a step and aim to become a competitive gymnast, you have to be mentally strong and prepared to take on the workload of going to the gym every day, rain or shine.

Don't be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That's only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself.

Tango is about feeling and sensitivity, otherwise you are just doing gymnastics. You can do all the steps but it has to have the feeling and sensitivity of authentic tango.

The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

One time a French reporter asked me how I could do a cross so easily. I said, "You just lower your body down until your arms are straight out to the sides, then you stop."

It is better to fall short of a high mark than to reach a low one.

The mind is perhaps one of the greatest factors in gymnastics; if one can't control his mind, he can't control his body.

Strength and conditioning are the keys to good performance and longevity in gymnastics.

It's important to push yourself further than you think you can go each and every day - as that is what separates the good from the great.

Gymnastics taught me everything - life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect.

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

Focus on your potential instead of your limitations.

I was lucky enough, when I was younger, to have the chance to do as much as possible, and I found what I wanted to do. I did swimming, gymnastics, kickboxing and the one that took off more than the others was acting.

Figure skating is an unlikely Olympic event but its good television. It's sort of a combination of gymnastics and ballet. A little sexy too which doesn't hurt.

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

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

Success depends on how much you are willing to sacrifice, how much you are willing to alter your everyday life for a particular goal.

With Django Unchained, when you're dealing with slavery, it's like a gymnastics routine with the highest amount of difficulty. Quentin Tarantino is not going to do a movie that's just going to lay there and be safe. There's going to be twists and flips.

From what my friends tell me, apparently some guys can be pretty intimidated by me when they find out what I do. I find it funny because I try to be modest and I don't like to talk about gymnastics unless I am asked about it. But my roommates always take on my bragging rights and tell my life story to the guys we meet, which leaves me blushing.

I personally support the type of gymnastics which does not exceed a certain amount of acrobatics and risks because then one can still say: what a lovely sport gymnastics is.

As much time as you put into it, that's what your achievements are going to be when you come out of it.

Image isn't everything, It's what comes from your heart, and what you learn and what you say and how you act that means more than anything.

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

I don't call them sacrifices. I call them exchanges.

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

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

Gymnastics is my whole life, and I dream of going to the Olympics and being a world champ.

In the history of each sport, the heroes who win the Olympic gold medal are the ones we remember. Nobody remembers the World Champion 25 years ago, but everyone remembers who the Olympic Champions were, even 100 years ago.

What you can do, or think you can, begin it.

I was 16 when I quit gymnastics and decided to start acting. I started booking immediately after. I was very lucky and fortunate, but I also did the hard work. Half of it's hard work and half of it's luck. It's been working out so far. Fingers crossed for the future.

I started from zero and went back to the basics in gymnastics.

I know how to smile, I know how to laugh, I know how to play. But I know how to do these things only after I have fulfilled my mission.

I don't think I've ever not gotten nervous. When you work so hard for one special day or routine, you want to perform it better than you ever have. We always say at our gym, If you lose the nerves, you lose the sport.

Aspire, break bounds. Endeavor to be good, and better still, best.

You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people.

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

Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about.

We can often do more for other men by trying to correct our own faults than by trying to correct theirs.

Gymnastics has become degraded as the participants have become younger. Once it was a sport of grace for women, never for little girls.

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.