Gymnastics Quotes - Page 12

• I think the scores for Olympic gymnastics are affected by what countries the judge and the gymnast are from. That's wrong. That type of political pandering isn't meant for gymnastic Olympic events. It's meant for the Supreme Court.

  Craig Ferguson

  Funny, Country, Thinking

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• I will find out what the normal life is like. I will be a coach. I have achieved everything I could achieve in gymnastics.

  Oksana Chusovitina

  Life Is Like, Normal, Achieve

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• I guess you heard about this; the U.S. Olympic Committee is coming under fire after it was revealed that the uniforms for Team USA to be worn in the opening ceremony were made in China. Turns out they were made by some of the same kids who could beat us in gymnastics. That's the worst part.

  Jay Leno

  Funny, Team, Kids

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• The rest of the world laughed at American gymnastics before I came.

  Bela Karolyi

  World, Laughed

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• The Olympic Snatch is gymnastics with a bar

  Mark Rippetoe

  Bars

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• Don't make excuses, just get it done!

  Suzanne Yoculan

  Done, Excuse, Get It Done

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• There is no such thing as failure, only partial success!

  Suzanne Yoculan

  Inevitable

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

  Nadia Comaneci

  People, Appreciate, Goodness

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• Put fire into your workout any you burn off worry and frustration!

  Suzanne Yoculan

  Workout, Frustration, Fire

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• The excellence and inspiration of truth is in the pursuit, not in the mere having of it. The pursuit of all truth is a kind of gymnastics; a man swings from one truth with higher strength to gain another. The continual glory is the possibility opening before us.

  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

  Truth, Inspiration, Men

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• We need to remind ourselves that contemporary art is first of all a form of conceptual gymnastics, in which we learn to coexist with what we don't understand.

  Massimiliano Gioni

  Art, Firsts, Needs

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• 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!

  Thomas a Kempis

  Inspirational, Sound, Purpose

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• Discipline is the quality that carries over from gymnastics to acting.

  Mitch Gaylord

  Discipline, Quality, Acting

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• I took lessons for about everything you could imagine - gymnastics to karate to flute and piano. My mom always definitely kept me in some kind of class or program, but for guitar, I kinda gave up on then kinda just taught myself. Same thing with piano. I've never been good with following lessons.

  Elle Varner

  Mom, Class, Piano

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• I began dancing when I was 7 years old. I was told that I had the perfect ballet dancers body and had these crazy high arches in my feet that resulted in an amazing point. Ballet was very disciplined and, frankly, a little boring, so I eventually transitioned to gymnastics. I loved that, although I never reached a competitive level.

  Catherine Mary Stewart

  Crazy, Years, Feet

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• My parents enrolled me in a gymnastics class when I was three years old, and I just was drawn to gymnastics. I loved it. It was my playground, and I could run around and be free there.

  Dominique Moceanu

  Running, Years, Class

  "For Gymnast Moceanu, Life Threw Her Off Balance". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. July 30, 2012.

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• When I first turned elite in gymnastics, when I was 14, that's when I really became more inspired than ever. I just always kept that in the back of my mind, and always thought about making the 2012 team.

  Aly Raisman

  Team, Mind, Firsts

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