Quotes on Gymnastics

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

One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world -- making the most of one's best.

When I look back, I am happy that my mum took me to the gymnastics club. I didn't join gymnastics to become a famous athlete or celebrity; it just happened - I did more than I expected, of course.

I struggled with self-esteem issues as a young girl, and it was not until my gymnastics career was completed in 2000 that I realized my accomplishments would not have been possible without my type of body, and I finally started to appreciate and celebrate myself.

At 14, you think you compete, you retire and you get a job. I didn't think gymnastics was a career that was going to change my life.

I was a perfectionist in gymnastics.

It's like someone important is missing from a party because you can't imagine an Olympic gymnastics competition without Romania.

Gymnastics was my way to travelling the world.

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it.

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.

Aspire, break bounds. Endeavor to be good, and better still, best.

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.