Anybody could be as good as Nemov. Yeah, he's a great gymnast, but anyone can be that good.

As I grew up, I started practising gymnastics. I love dancing as well. So that keeps me fit.

My background in gymnastics, martial arts, and dancing has translated very well in the ring.

I always wanted to be active, and I always wanted to perform. That's why I loved gymnastics.

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

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

The best way to show respect to your fellow athletes is to give the best performance you can.

I was a world champion on the trampoline at an international level, and gymnastics competitor.

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

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

The gymnastics community is toxic. You just do what they say no matter what. It's really scary.

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

There is always tension in women's gymnastics between athleticism, grace, performance, and eros.

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

My earliest memory was watching gymnastics on live TV and wanting to do what the 'big girls' did.

Being able to do something that I love and be at such a high level of gymnastics is just amazing.

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

When I was young, I loved gymnastics, but I discovered when I was 15 that I wanted a teenage life.

I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age.

I think gymnastics can be a really brutal sport. I don't think it's supposed to be a brutal sport.

People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating.

I have to do some mental gymnastics as an actor sometimes, to remember not to let certain things in.

Growing up, my friends played soccer or did gymnastics after school; I went on auditions with my mom.

Gymnastics should be popular everywhere; you just need the right person to start the right programme.

I love having the Olympic Channel app on my phone because I can watch old gymnastics videos any time.

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

Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition.

But let me do I will show the world what gymnastics looks like. Well may be this is a future gymnastics.

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

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

After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career.

We typically don't choose our athletes until about a month prior to the Games because anything can happen.

Gymnastics is not at all as popular as, for example, soccer. Gymnastics as a sport isn't promoted very well.

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

I think I started toddler gymnastics when I was around 3 or 4, and I began taking it seriously when I was 6.

Anyway I will go same road because I, I was born in gymnastics. This is my, how to say, my life and my duty.

Romania doesn't have a big tradition of gymnastics as a fun activity. We were a little behind in this aspect.

I never expected to win three medals in the Athens Olympic Games. Of course, I would rather have won one gold.

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

Gymnastics is not only a good thing to live by, but it is important to understand how it does help you in life.

Hard work is always hard work, for young gymnasts and old gymnasts. Whoever can handle this will be a champion.

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

I think gymnastics trained me as a person, too. Without the lessons I learned in gymnastics, I would be crushed.

Gymnastics has taught me so many lessons, and I couldn't be more grateful for everything that I've gone through.

It hurts my head, but it's fine because it's something I do every day. You can't avoid the gymnastics questions.

I think gymnastics was associated with the 10. I thought that belonged to the sport, and somehow we gave it way.

I think gymnastics trained me as a person, too. Without the lessons I learned in gymnastics, I would be crushed.

Dancing is different than gymnastics, but it's a good different, and it's something that I've always wanted to try.

When I've done gymnastics, ballet or soccer - I was always trying to be the best. I'm really driven. Really driven.

I would love to learn popping, locking and robotics, gymnastics and acrobatics; it is amazing to learn these things.

Share This Page