Top 80 Gymnastics Quotes

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Gymnastics is a sport that includes a balance of strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, endurance, and balance. With that in mind, check out the top 80 gymnastics quotes.

#80 – 70. Gymnastics Quotes

80. Hard days are the best because that’s when champions are made. – Gabby Douglas

79. Success depends on how much you are willing to sacrifice, how much you are willing to alter your everyday life for a particular goal. – Bela Karolyi

78. Love it like over splits. You can’t expect to give into it all in one sitting. But if you work at it, warm the muscles gradually, your body will eventually accept it as normal.’ The bulk of his shoulder nudged my much smaller one lightly. ‘It might even feel good. – Laurel Ulen Curtis

77. 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

76. In gymnastics, smaller will always be better in many ways. The stress in the head, that will be the same for all. But the stress on the body and the concussions it must endure, that will always be easier for the little ones – Bela Karolyi

75. The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. – Paul Valery

74. Wake up every day knowing that today is a new day and only you can determine the outcome of the day. So dream big, accept the challenge, and never look back. – Alicia Sacramone

73. If you are afraid of failure, you don’t deserve success. – Nastia Liukin

72. Everyone gets scared, and everyone falls. The key is to get right back up and try again. – Shannon Miller

71. …there are no limits on your dreams if you’re willing to work for it. – Shannon Miller

70. If you believe you can get through an injury and fight back, and you really love gymnastics enough, you can get through it. – Courtney Kupets

#69 – 60. Gymnastics Quotes

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

68. Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts. – Dan Gable

67. Go into the sport because you have fun doing it, not because of ‘what ifs’ and dreams of gold medals. That way, no matter what happens, you win. – Shannon Miller

66. It is through artistic gymnastics that I have experienced a lot of joy, pleasure and satisfaction about my own physical abilities from childhood days. Those who only see the labour in my discipline fail to recognise the aesthetic component completely. This, however, is deeply connected with the human soul. Artistic gymnastics has been and always will be a great challenge for me. – Ivan Ivankov

65. I know gymnastics. It’s always been a subjective appreciation. – Bela Karolyi

64. Wake up every day knowing that today is a new day and only you can determine the outcome of that day. So dream big, accept the challenge, and never look back. – Alicia Sacramone

63. Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about. – Shawn Johnson

62. Even if kids don’t love gymnastics, if they start at any age with some classes, they can learn so many different things — they can build a lot of character, strength, flexibility, and courage. Hopefully, they can also develop a sense of fearlessness. – Nastia Liukin

61. I don’t think my natural talent is much different to the other gymnasts. It is a matter of how I train and how I think about my training. I also give a lot of thought to my routines. – Kohei Uchimura

60. I just tell people to listen to your heart. Anything is possible if you are doing something you love. – Alicia Sacramone

#59 – 50. Gymnastics Quotes

59. I’ve learned how to stay humble. I don’t want to get in over my head because when you do that it takes you off your game. – Gabby Douglas

58. Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. – Tim Notke

57. 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

56. Practice as if its competition, but compete as if its practice. – Peter Vidmar

55. Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing yourself to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off. – Mary Lou Retton

54. There is always tension in women’s gymnastics between athleticism, grace, performance, and eros. – Meghan O’Rourke

53. If you don’t leap, you’ll never know what it’s like to fly. – Guy Finley

52. Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It’s our goal in life to find it and keep it lit. — Mary Lou Retton

51. Jump off the beam, flip off the bars, follow your dreams and reach for the stars – Nadia Comaneci

50. Repeatedly convincing yourself you aren’t going to die. – Simone Biles

#49 – 40. Gymnastics Quotes

49. Set your goals, follow your dreams, listen to your heart and don’t let anything stand in your way. – Brandy Johnson

48. A comeback in gymnastics is almost impossible in itself. – Shawn Johnson

47. Each one of us has a fire in our heart for something. It’s our goal in life to find it and keep it lit. – Mary Lou Retton

46. Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible. – Doug Larson

45. As much time as you put into it, that’s what your achievements are going to be the you come out of it. – Mary Lou Retton

44. There will be mistakes and there will be falters. There will be things that are not a part of your plan. See the challenges in your life and accept them and embrace them. – Dominique Dawes

43. Gymnastics is not only a good thing to live by, but it is important to understand how it does help you in life. – Shawn Johnson

42. Hard word has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win. – Nadia Comaneci

41. You don’t drown by falling in the water, you drown by staying there. – Edwin Louis Cole

40. I did gymnastics when I was growing up and to this day I can still do the splits. – Kristin Kreuk

#39 – 30. Gymnastics Quotes

39. After a while, if you work on a certain move consistently then it doesn’t seem so risky. The idea is that the move stays dangerous and it looks dangerous to my opponents — but it isn’t to me. That is my secret. – Nadia Comaneci

38. 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

37. This is how [the] sport has contributed to my personality, toughness and discipline. I have a plan, and I work on it. – Svetlana Khorkina

36. There is always going to be a reason why you can’t do something; your job is to constantly look for the reasons why you can achieve your dreams. – Shannon Miller

35. I started at zero and went back to the basics in gymnastics. – Shawn Johnson

34. I’d rather regret the risks that didn’t work out than the chances I didn’t take at all. – Simone Biles

33. Strength and conditioning are the keys to good performance and longevity in gymnastics. – Suzanne Yoculan

32. I don’t think I’ve ever not gotten nervous. When you work so hard for one special day or routine, you want to perform it better than you ever have. We always say at our gym, if you lose the nerves, you lose the sport. – Shawn Johnson

31. Hard work is always hard work, for young gymnasts and old gymnasts. Whoever can handle this will be a champion. – Svetlana Boginskaya

30. One of the things about my sport that’s important is consistency – being able to do your routines consistently and training consistently. If you change it up or try to make everything more intense because the Olympics is coming up, you tend to put too much pressure on your mind and your body. – Jonathan Horton

#29 – 20. Gymnastics Quotes

29. If you’re not standing on the edge you’re taking up too much space. – Suzanne Yoculan

28. If you’re following your dreams, you’re doing something you love and that you believe in yourself for. – McKayla Maroney

27. I started from zero and went back to the basics in gymnastics. – Shawn Johnson

26. Don’t look at the big picture as the only achievement. Start with set, smart goals and work up to something bigger. – Jordyn Wieber

25. If you’re not standing on the edge you’re taking up too much space. – Suzanne Yoculan

24. In gymnastics, the longest routine you do is a minute and a half, and that’s pretty tough to get through. – Shannon Miller

23. I don’t call them sacrifices. I call them exchanges. – Shawn Johnson

22. It might have been easier to retire, to say my knee couldn’t handle it and let that be that. At the same time, the prospect of not being able to compete in gymnastics anymore was heartbreaking. – Shawn Johnson

21. Gymnastics has made me strong. I feel like it broke me down to my lowest point, but at the same time, it has given me the greatest strength anyone could ask for. – Shawn Johnson

20. Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without mistakes, how would we know what we had to work on? – Peter McWilliams

#19 – 10. Gymnastics Quotes

19. Competing in gymnastics is the greatest reminder of being alive as a human being. – Raj Bhavsar

18. Don’t waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long and, in the end, it’s only with yourself. – Mary Schmich, Advice

17. Love it like oversplits. You can’t expect to give in to it all in one sitting. But if you work at it, warm the muscles gradually, your body will eventually accept it as normal.’ The bulk of his shoulder nudged my much smaller one lightly. ‘It might even feel good. – Laurel Ulen Curtis

16. Goals have to be realistic and flexible. – Shannon Miller

15. I don’t run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run towards it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your foot. – Nadia Comaneci

14. …above all, you have to love what you are doing. You cannot fake passion. If you love it you can fight through the rough times and enjoy the good times. – Shannon Miller

13. It’s important to push yourself further than you think you can go each and every day — as that is what separates the good from the great. – Kerri Strug

12. Never give up and always keep fighting, because though times may be tough, the sacrifices do pay off, so just keep pushing towards your dream and just love it at the same time and enjoy it. – Gabby Douglas

11. We can push ourselves further. We always have more to give. – Simone Biles

10. We’re taught at such a young age that you can always be better and that you’re never perfect and that you’re never good enough. – Shawn Johnson

#9 – 1. Gymnastics Quotes

9. 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

8. Tough times never last, but tough people do! – Robert Schuller

7. It’s not about winning or losing a competition, it’s about beating the doubt from within yourself and knowing at the end of each day you are one step closer to your goals. – Jonathan Horton

6. The only risk is not taking the risk. You’ve got to take that step. – Jaycie Phelps

5. It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are. – Roy Disney

4. After thorough reflection, I realized that my desire to achieve my goals in this sport outweighed my self-doubt. This perseverance has helped me to be successful not only in gymnastics, but in my non-athletic life as well. – Jonathan Horton

3. Talent alone is not enough. I believe that a really good gymnast is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. – Vladislav Rastorotsky

2. The one day you don’t go into practice and use that day to the fullest is the one day someone is going to beat you. – Blaine Wilson

1. To be a gymnast, you must have the strength to hold on and the courage to let go. – Madison Kocian

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