In a perfect world, an athlete may want to be the perfect mix of say a ballerina, a weight lifter and Stretch Armstrong. Or they could simply be a… GYMNAST

Losers quit when they are tired… Champions quit when they hold the gold!

No balls, no baskets. No nets, no goals. We don’t play games. We RISK, we DARE, we DO!”

Recipe for gymnastics: Add iron and steel to beauty and grace. Stir in the will to win with a bright smiling face. Blend the love for the sport and friendship within, fold in the bumps and bruises on the surface of the skin. Mix in soft flowing arms and straight pointed toes, with the twist of the head to complete a beautiful pose

Flexible People dont get bent out of shape. — Unknown

If you can’t take the injuries in gymnastics, try a less demanding sport. — Unknown

Let us describe the education of men. What then is the education to be? Perhaps we could hardly find a better experience of the past which expresses the body than gymnastics. I Believe, in gymnastic, for the body and music for the mind. — Plato

Because up to sixteen years old you feel gymnastics more. You can show your emotion, grace, like woman gymnastics, not kid’s gymnastics. I feel I have good shape, and I can do it elements everything, but, it’s not competition for me. — Olga Korbut

But, I couldn’t live without creation gymnastics. — Olga Korbut

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

In gymnastics, you have to be perfect every step along the way. — Shannon Miller

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

It’s hard to be humble when you can jump, stunt, and tumble!

Recipe for gymnastics: Add iron and steel to beauty and grace. Stir in the will to win with a bright smiling face. Blend the love for the sport and friendship within, fold in the bumps ans bruises on the surface of the skin. Mix in soft flowing arms and straight pointed toes, with the twist of the head to complete a beautiful pose.

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