Gymnastics Quotes

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John Rachel
“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, 12-12-12

“It's because you absolutely love the sport.”
Nastia Liukin

“I'm not doing it for media attention, not doing it for sponsors, not for money.”
Nastia Liukin

Shawn Johnson
“Embrace your crazy.”
Shawn Johnson, The Flip Side

Julian Barnes
“Apart from these parental physical jerks, he did not train his body; he merely inhabited it. A friend had once shown what he called gymnastics for the intelligentsia. You took a box of matches and threw its contents on the floor, then bent down and picked them up, one by one. The first time he tried it himself, he lost patience and stuffed all the matches back in handfuls. He persevered, but the next time, just as he was bending down, the telephone went, and he was needed at once; so the housekeeper was detailed to pick up the matches instead.”
Julian Barnes, The Noise of Time

Jarod Kintz
“Ducks are water gymnasts. Their fluid motion goes beyond dance and into art.”
Jarod Kintz, Powdered Saxophone Music

“Take the discipline from Martial Arts, mix it with the air awareness of a gymnast, and the attitude of a breaker. Thats Tricking!”
Armin Houman

Eloise Smith
“Gymnastics gave her the power to snuff out gravity, fly like a bird and draw rainbows in the air. There was no medal she’d swap for that.”
Eloise Smith , Winner Takes Gold: an all-action gymnastics story for ages 10+

“When life starts to hurt, People start to ignore, Luck starts to blame and the Hard work starts to beat then sit for the complete set of gyming. And start to doubt yourself, hate yourself, blame yourself and make strong yourself because you're the only inspiration of yourself.”
Raj Kumar Koochitani

Luisa Capetillo
“as a general rule, women nowadays dedicate all their energy, all their attention to their appearance; they are not concerned with anything except wearing the latest fashion; they squander all their intelligence in trying to become more beautiful, and not even in any practical way, by some beneficial and hygienic method, like practicing gymnastics, exercising in the fresh air, or swimming every morning. But no, it must be done with ribbons and lace, by cutting their
breath short from the excessive use of tight-fitting corsets. And this translates to a waste of time, health, and money.”
Luisa Capetillo, A Nation Of Women: An Early Feminist Speaks Out; Mi Opinion Sobre Las Libertades, Derechos y Deberes de la Mujer (Recovering the U.s. Hispanic Literary Heritage)

Luisa Capetillo
“a true beauty, real and lasting, [is] achieved by a healthy diet, without eating meat or drinking alcoholic beverages, by practicing gymnastics and taking walks in the open air, not a fictitious beauty such as that of adornment, without which, she is no longer herself.”
Luisa Capetillo, A Nation Of Women: An Early Feminist Speaks Out; Mi Opinion Sobre Las Libertades, Derechos y Deberes de la Mujer (Recovering the U.s. Hispanic Literary Heritage)

Elizabeth Winthrop
“William, when you do gymnastics, you have to be
honest about everything you do in the other parts of your life too. Otherwise, your body will deceive you and you won't be able to turn the tricks.”
Elizabeth Winthrop, The Castle in the Attic

J.S. Mason
“But her words may have physically reached Todd’s ears, but psychologically they could not stick the landing and fairly soon the local police tore after the suspected criminal in a pointed arrow manner, the latter of whom performed all sorts of leaps and spins to escape arrest, but it was no use, being bowled over and struck down by the pursuers, and he wound up in a gutter and his clumsy gymnastics came to a halt in a 0-10 split.”
J.S. Mason, Whisky Hernandez

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