First, don't cry. That's the worst thing a gymnast can do in training, because it can ruin your concentration and lead to injury. Second, always place the highest demands of yourself in the sport.
I realize how much ballet gave me, and because of ballet, I’m known as a graceful gymnast.
Talent alone is not enough. I believe that a really good gymnast is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.
I grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and was a very competitive (and stressed out!) gymnast before getting into entertainment, but it was never the actual gymnastics that was my true love. I loved the performing aspect of it all.
Part of being a good gymnast is being very disciplined - you have to know how to train right, eat right, sleep right.
When I was young I wanted to be a gymnast. I used to compete at it, but then I grew too tall.
I told myself after 2008 that I was done for good. But they say you can't keep a gymnast away from her sport.
I was enough of an acrobat and a gymnast and a dancer and everything else so that I could handle the kung fu, because it's just choreography.
As a child, I was very active. I was a gymnast, I played touch football, netball and basketball. When I was 16 years old, I started yoga. I started working out at an early age.
What the hell, I'll just eat some trash.
If you've got hips, you can't be a gymnast or dancer. That ruled me out.
I was a gymnast for many years before I was a dancer, so it comes in pretty handy when I do stunts.
Anybody could be as good as Nemov. Yeah, he's a great gymnast, but anyone can be that good.
I didn't want to be a dancer. . . I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an athlete and gymnast, so it came naturally.
I was a gymnast for twelve or thirteen years. Then I got into surfing and now I paddle board and hike and do whatever I can. I think it's my love of the outdoors.
I was a gymnast for years.
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.
I was a gymnast my whole life. I mean, I'd go to Starbucks and people would be like, 'Are you going to the next Olympics?' And when I'd say no, they'd literally look sad. So it was very hard for me to get excited about anything else. I thought that I had to do gymnastics forever.
Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.
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.
