I would climb on roofs and jump off using my parents' bed sheet, hoping it would open like a parachute. I was always getting hurt, breaking a leg, you know, bruising, cracking my head open.

She was U. Rigby then turned her efforts to television working for 18 years as a commentator for ABC Sports and appearing in made-for-television movies. In 2012 Cathy Rigby appeared in American Girl's McKenna Shoots for The Stars as McKenna's gymnastics coach.