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Artistic Gymnast Inspirational Quotes (440)

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I want to stay involved in gymnastics forever, but the Olympics really opened up doors in terms of motivational speaking. I'd like do some type of broadcasting or commentating for gymnastics events on TV, or even give my insights as a gymnast into other sports I'm kind of a sports junkie in general.
Jonathan Horton
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As a competitive gymnast, my life has always been filled with challenges that would ultimately define my future. From day one, I was taught to be prepared at all costs.
Dominique Moceanu
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Jump off the beam, flip off the bars follows your dreams, and reach for the stars
Nadia Comaneci
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Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it.
Mary Lou Retton
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Nowadays a gold medal is a $1 million contract. Our athletes are our heroes.
Cathy Rigby
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I'm a competitor. I really enjoyed the race more than just going out and running to run.
Shannon Miller
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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.
Nadia Comaneci
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I literally tried every sport and was miserable. Soccer couldn't hold my attention. I couldn't figure skate. I'm afraid to swim. So I did dance for five years. It came a time where I was getting a little bit bored with it.
Alicia Sacramone
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I'm the only talk show host, I think, if there's such a category in, what's called, the book of records, to have a guest die while we were taping the show, yeah.
Dick Cavett
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I've never wanted to be anything but a gymnast. Maybe it is dangerous-but when you start thinking about danger, you might as well give up.
Olga Korbut
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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.
Shawn Johnson
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I kind of do think of myself as a superhero and just flying high, and doing these crazy flips.
Gabby Douglas
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There's a point in gymnastics where once you get to a certain age your body just isn't going to be able to handle it anymore. But I'd like to continue on as long as I'm able to help the team out and be a contributor to the success of the U.S. team.
Jonathan Horton
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If there has not been such a thing as gymnastics, I would have had to invent it because I feel at one with the sport.
Olga Korbut
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I feel about 18, but my mind is much more mature now, so it's a perfect combination.
Oksana Chusovitina
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I had to fight the intellectual label when I started in television, because, first of all, it's not going to help you commercially, and also, it wasn't particularly true of me. I mean, if anybody thought I was an intellectual, they probably had never really seen one.
Dick Cavett
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While other kids were out playing and doing healthy things, I read an ancient judo book with a neck hold that was fatal to so many people they finally dropped it from judo.
Dick Cavett
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Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected.
Shawn Johnson
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Fragile egos are put on the line every day.
Mary Lou Retton
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Charles Barkley was a big teddy bear.
Shannon Miller
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When I'm doing an appearance somewhere and taking questions from the audience, I can always count on: 'Tell about the guy who died on your show!'
Dick Cavett
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With literature, sometimes a book is presented in the media as being say, a Muslim story or an African story, when essentially it's a universal story which we can all relate to it, no matter what race or social background we come from
Shawn Johnson
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Whoever you are, whatever your dream, you have to be strong in your head and strong in your heart. Be strong. There's no quitting in the person who wants it bad enough.
Carly Patterson
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I'd tell any girl who continues to love gymnastics enough to want pursue a college scholarship to keep pushing yourself 100% in the gym every single day.
Gabby Douglas
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