Quote

For a gymnast to be successful, she needs to strike a balance of everything within herself. She needs to be graceful, flexible, perform all elements, turns, maintain co-ordination - she has to have all of that. If, for example, she only has co-ordination and nothing else, she will not succeed.

— Yana Kudryavtseva

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

←Previous Next→

✓Similar Perspectives

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

— Shannon Miller

My gymnasts are always the best-prepared in the world. And they win. In the end, that's what matters.

— Bela Karolyi

Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about.

— Shawn Johnson

I was a gymnast for many years before I was a dancer, so it comes in pretty handy when we do stunts.

— Mads Mikkelsen

People assume a lot of things about gymnasts - that the girls work too hard, it's way too much for them, they are too young to work so hard.

— Nadia Comaneci

In gymnastics, everything is a competition. You want to have your hair look the best and your makeup look the best. You want to be the best, and you want to have the prettiest leotard.

— McKayla Maroney

What's endlessly complicated in thinking about women's gymnastics is the way that vulnerability and power are threaded through the sport.

— Meghan O'Rourke

Gymnastics demands so much of our time. We train all week and travel and compete on weekends. The people you're surrounded by really become your second family, your best friends, your sisters. My coach was like a second mother for me.

— Amanda Borden

I just stay focused, and I always think about gymnastics. I am just doing what I always do... working really hard and pushing myself to the maximum and keeping myself motivated.

— Aly Raisman

Gymnastics taught me everything - life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect.

— Shawn Johnson

✗Opposing Perspectives

No opposing quotes found.