Shannon Miller Quotes About Gymnastics

Quotes about: Gymnastics

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

  Shannon Miller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Gymnastics

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

  Shannon Miller

  Motivational, Fall, Gymnastics

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

  Shannon Miller

  Fall, Gymnastics, Expectations

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

  Shannon Miller

  Motivational, Gymnastics, Competition

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

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

  Shannon Miller

  Gymnastics, Littles, Tiny

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

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

  Shannon Miller

  Gymnastics, Routine, Half

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

• There are parents, siblings, teachers and friends, but counting on them to motivate you isn't fair. They've all got their own lives, and while the may be able to help you out, if you can motivate yourself, then you're golden.

  Shannon Miller

  Teacher, Sibling, Gymnastics

• I think that to be a competitive athlete, you have to be goal-oriented.

  Shannon Miller

  Athlete, Gymnastics, Thinking

• 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.

  Shannon Miller

  Strong, Rain, Gymnastics

• 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.

  Shannon Miller

  Attitude, Gymnastics, Being Positive

• I don't believe that there's anyone in the world without a competitive bone in their body.

  Shannon Miller

  Believe, Gymnastics, World

• So if you think being thin is enough to succeed in gymnastics, you're wrong.

  Shannon Miller

  Gymnastics, Thinking, Succeed

• Goals have to be realistic and flexible.

  Shannon Miller

  Gymnastics, Goal, Realistic

• Above all, you have to love what you are doing. You cannot fake passion. If you love it you can fight through the rough times and enjoy the good times.

  Shannon Miller

  Passion, Fighting, Gymnastics

  "Shannon Miller: 'I Was Intimidated By Everything, Except Being On The Balance Beam'". Interview with Jenny Schafer, www.celebritybabyscoop.com. January 13, 2010.

• 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.

  Shannon Miller

  Dream, Jobs, Gymnastics

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

• There are no limits on your dreams if you're willing to work for it.

  Shannon Miller

  Dream, Gymnastics, Limits

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

• 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.

  Shannon Miller

  Sports, Gymnastics, Squash

• In gymnastics, you have to be perfect every step along the way.

  Shannon Miller

  Gymnastics, Perfect, Way

• And we realized that it was kind of a starting point for gymnastics, to go professional, and also to just get a lot more of the audiences in the arenas on the off years, in the years that we're not in the Olympics.

  Shannon Miller

  Gymnastics, Years, Olympics

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

  Shannon Miller

  Athlete, Gymnastics, Games

• 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.

  Shannon Miller

  Sports, Dream, Fun

• If you can't handle all the injuries and scars, choose a less demanding sport.

  Shannon Miller

  Sports, Gymnastics, Scar

• I want to bring more gymnastics on television.

  Shannon Miller

  Gymnastics, Television, Want

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