Quotes by Gymnastics Don't be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That's only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself. Olga Korbut new-beginnings recovery gymnastics Anyway I will go same road because I, I was born in gymnastics. This is my, how to say, my life and my duty. Olga Korbut gymnastics born duty I think I spent all my life in gymnastics. And if you will ask me I want to change something in your past life, no. I will go same. Olga Korbut gymnastics life past I think this is all my life. Because if I was split gymnastics and something else like far, fun or to go with friends. No, this, you're supposed to one go, one straight road and to do every day. And touch the wall, of the goal. Olga Korbut gymnastics wall fun Life is marvelous now because I have a tape recorder. Olga Korbut tape gymnastics life-is I would say this is not negative this is h, a hard part in gymnastics. You can't eat, whatever you want to eat. And what kind of meal you're supposed to have, you can't. Olga Korbut gymnastics sports negative Up to nineteen seventy six when I quit gymnastics I was very, disappointed because I didn't have anything which is, live with. I didn't have a friend so I didn't have a coach anymore. Olga Korbut nineteen gymnastics six Remember before nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I was total skinny, I was small, very strong, they may be don't like to see a gymnastics like that. I don't know but, gymnastics, might. Nineteen seventy two supposed to be change somewhere. Olga Korbut gymnastics strong sports 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 gymnastics motivational sports How many people in the world is, each of them is individual. And I like to eat bread, somebody don't like that. You know this is the same in gymnastics. Olga Korbut gymnastics sports people But let me do I will show the world what gymnastics looks like. Well may be this is a future gymnastics. Olga Korbut gymnastics sports looks But, I couldn't live without creation gymnastics. Olga Korbut gymnastics creation Finally I almost dropped gymnastics because I couldn't live without create, and you know, and then, all public in the world start to say, we don't want to see gymnastics without Olga. Olga Korbut gymnastics sports world 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 gymnastics sports kids Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without mistakes, how would we know what we had to work on? Peter McWilliams gymnastics mistake needs Everyone works hard when they want to, when they get quick results, when it's convenient to put forth effort. The best work hard when they don't want to, when it's inconvenient to give it that little extra effort... and that extra effort might be just what they need to place them on top. Peter Vidmar gymnastics work giving [Alexei Nemov] has the best feel for the aesthetics of the sport. He doesn't just do a skill; he makes it look gorgeous. Some gymnasts think if their arm is bent a little it doesn't matter, but Nemov understands it matters. Peter Vidmar gymnastics sports thinking He was a physicist, more precisely an astrophysicist, diligent and eager but without illusions: the Truth lay beyond, inaccessible to our telescopes, accessible to the initiates. This was a long road which he was traveling with effort, wonderment, and profound joy. Physics was prose: elegant gymnastics for the mind, mirror of Creation, the key to man's dominion over the planet; but what is the stature of Creation, of man and the planet? His road was long and he had barely started up it, but I was his disciple: did I want to follow him? Primo Levi creation-of-man gymnastics men 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. Rachele Brooke Smith phoenix stressed gymnastics Competing in gymnastics is the greatest reminder of being alive as a human being. Raj Bhavsar gymnastics alive motivational «23456789101112»