Gymnast Quotes

Hard days are the best because that's when champions are made.

My message is to never quit, never give up.

When you have a little trouble here and there, just keep fighting. In the end, it will pay off.

Never quit. Never give up.

You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.

You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger.

The bad days make you realize what a good day is. If you never had any bad days, you would never have that sense of accomplishment!

Don't be afraid to speak up for yourself. Keep fighting for your dreams!

The most important thing is to believe in yourself and know that you can do it.

No one is going to feel sorry for you, so you have to go out there and be fierce.

There’s a lot of stress out there, and to handle it, you just need to believe in yourself, always go back to the person that you know you are and don’t let anybody tell you any different, because everyone’s special and everyone’s awesome.

For me going down in history being the first black American to win the gold, I think more colored people are going to start coming to the gymnastics world and say 'okay, anything is possible. If Gabby did it, then I can do it too.'

Everyone works hard when they want to, when they get quick results, when it's convenient to put forth effort. The best work hard when they don't want to, when it's inconvenient to give it that little extra effort... and that extra effort might be just what they need to place them on top.

I wear makeup pretty much every day. For training, I usually do a lighter base, a lighter blush and I used the mascara and a little bit of the lip gloss.

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.

If you push through the hard days you can get through anything.

It should be judged primarily on grace, elegance and beauty rather than simply on mechanic tumbling.

You just have to be yourself and go full with confidence and be courageous!

Don't set your goals to be a star. Set your goals to be the best that you can be and go from there.

Always be courageous and strong, & don't fear.

You've got to be confident when you're competing. You've got to be a beast.

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.

I like squirrels. Theyre so adventurous.

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.

You need your mom and dad to protect you.

It means they love you so much. It was awesome she was backing me up and defending me.

We need to educate our elite coaches more and have a better approach to teaching the athletes about how to be healthy rather than berate them, humiliate them, use tactics that could scar them for life.

The majority of the things that I do, I'm actually afraid to do, but you just have to have a positive attitude and block out any fears that you have.

It's kind of a win-win situation. The glory goes up to Him and the blessings fall down on me.

I feel like I'm really blessed and lucky that I have a very good social life outside of the gym, and I have a really amazing family. My parents are so supportive. I have a younger brother and two younger sisters, and they're really awesome. So I feel like I get the best of both worlds.

If I had tried the Olympics any younger, I wouldn't have been as prepared as I am right now. But there are definitely a ton of juniors out there, all around the world and in the USA, that if there was no age limit, they could definitely make the Olympic team.

You have to give 110% all the time. 100% isn't good enough anymore.

The courage to soar to great heights is inside all of us.

Sometimes I think of that and I'm like, "Simone, I don't know what else you can do. What more can you do? Maybe you can repeat yourself." I'll take time off, get out more, go outside more, vacation.

The one snack I really love is YoCrunch yogurt.

It's like an apple pie in a cup! You have your apples on the bottom, your yogurt in the middle, and piecrust crumbs on top.

You have to stay true to yourself and where youre coming from, and sometimes people see you in a different light, but you have to take it in and try to be positive about anything.

I realized I love motivating and I love empowering and I love inspiring people.

I did that as an athlete for 18 years, and I am able to do that as a motivational speaker now as well as doing work on television.

If you're following your dreams, you're doing something you love and that you believe in yourself for.

I think imperfection is beauty. Instead of being insecure about my muscles, I've learned to love them. I don't even think of it as a flaw anymore because it's made me into the athlete that I am.

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.

It is everything I thought it would be;

being the Olympic champion, it definitely is an amazing feeling. And I give all the glory to God. It's kind of a win-win situation. The glory goes up to him and the blessings fall down on me. Let all that I am praise the LORD; may I never forget the good things He does for me.

My school friends are really understanding and still want to hang out with me.

Ever since I was in sixth grade, I was at the gym every day to work out while my friends were getting their nails done or going to the mall. I used to feel left out, but I don't anymore.

I learned to take those experiences that were difficult in my life and in the adversity that I had overcome to use it for a positive change.

There's nothing better than going out there and seeing USA on your leotard.

I was just, you know, kind of getting racist jokes, kind of being isolated from the group. So it was definitely hard. I would come home at night and just cry my eyes out.

The hard work definitely paid off and hard work always does.

The best way to show respect to your fellow athletes is to give the best performance you can.

Forty-eight years is almost enough time to hold a record.

Don't look at the big picture as the only achievement.

Start with set, smart goals and work up to something bigger.

[Alexei Nemov] has the best feel for the aesthetics of the sport.

He doesn't just do a skill; he makes it look gorgeous. Some gymnasts think if their arm is bent a little it doesn't matter, but Nemov understands it matters.

Consistent achievement happens only if you love what you are doing

Don't be shy. Go for it and ask your crush out.

Looking back isn't going to help you! Moving forward is the thing to do

In gymnastics, everything is a competition.

You want to have your hair look the best and your makeup look the best. You want to be the best, and you want to have the prettiest leotard.