#gymnast

I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6. ↗

— Nadia Comaneci

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Gymnastics, especially in my family, is more than a sport. It's our life, it's our careers, it's our family business. ↗

— Nastia Liukin

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I pay attention to my diet to be a healthier gymnast, but I'm not obsessive over it. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

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I started from zero and went back to the basics in gymnastics. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

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I think about my goals. There were a lot of times in gymnastics when I really didn't want to go in and train, but you can't make it to the Olympics if you don't train! ↗

— Shawn Johnson

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I told myself after 2008 that I was done for good. But they say you can't keep a gymnast away from her sport. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

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I'm doing four hours of gymnastics training a day, six days a week and then an extra two to three hours in a fitness center as well. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

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In some ways the ACL tear was a blessing. I had hesitated to return to elite gymnastics after the 2008 Olympics. I told myself I had already accomplished so much, and the road was just going to get harder if I continued. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#accomplished #after #already #blessing #continued

But, I couldn't live without creation gymnastics. ↗

— Olga Korbut

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Chess is intellectual gymnastics. ↗

— Wilhelm Steinitz

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