#gymnast

The U.N. bureaucracy has grown to elephantine proportions. Now that the Cold War is over, we are asking that elephant to do gymnastics. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#bureaucracy #cold #cold war #elephant #grown

I had ridiculous amounts of energy. Mom's like, you're driving me crazy - do you want to try gymnastics? From the moment I started it, I loved it and it kind of was like storybook from there. ↗

— Alicia Sacramone

#driving #energy #gymnastics #had #i

I learned Tae Kwon Do and gymnastics and I have a trainer. ↗

— Ashley Scott

#i #learned #trainer

Gymnastics is so complex. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#gymnastics

As an orangutan cannot embrace higher mathematics or comprehend the architecture and operation of a computer, we humans __ so good at loudly proclaiming our intelligence and applauding our own doltish displays of cerebral gymnastics __ cannot begin to understand the true structure and functioning of the Universe. ↗

— John Rachel

#cerebral #computers #gymnastics #intelligence #orangutan

As a gymnast, you always wear spandex. Being a teenager wearing spandex? It was tough accepting how my body looked, especially if there was any weight gain. ↗

— Alicia Sacramone

#always #any #being #being a teenager #body

I did gymnastics when I was growing up and to this day I can still do the splits. ↗

— Kristin Kreuk

#did #growing #growing up #gymnastics #i

When I've done gymnastics, ballet or soccer - I was always trying to be the best. I'm really driven. Really driven. ↗

— Chloe Moretz

#ballet #best #done #driven #gymnastics

Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition. ↗

— Nadia Comaneci

#course #first #gymnastics #i #most

When I first turned elite in gymnastics, when I was 14, that's when I really became more inspired than ever. I just always kept that in the back of my mind, and always thought about making the 2012 team. ↗

— Aly Raisman

#always #back #became #elite #ever