#gymnastics

Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#expected #give #great #gymnastics #i

Every year I just kept going back to gymnastics, but I didn't start out training 10 hours a day. When I turned 10 or 11, I got more serious and I focused a lot on making it to the elite level, and from there I just kept going. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#day #elite #every #focused #going

My approach to gymnastics in Beijing was heavily based on the amount of difficulty I could do. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#approach #based #beijing #could #difficulty

People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#gymnastics #intimidating #olympics #only #people

When I was 3 my parents put me in gymnastics because I was a bundle of energy and they just didn't know what to do with me! They put me in a Tots class and I just fell in love with it. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#bundle #class #energy #fell #gymnastics

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

— Olga Korbut

#gymnastics #i #live #without

When I go in to compete, whether it's gymnastics or anything else, I do my own thing. I compete with myself. ↗

— Shannon Miller

#compete #else #go #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