#gymnast

I'm doing four hours of gymnastics training a day, six days a week and then an extra two to three hours in a fitness center as well. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#day #days #doing #extra #fitness

In some ways the ACL tear was a blessing. I had hesitated to return to elite gymnastics after the 2008 Olympics. I told myself I had already accomplished so much, and the road was just going to get harder if I continued. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#accomplished #after #already #blessing #continued

I didn't want to be a dancer. I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an athlete and gymnast, so it came naturally. ↗

— Gene Kelly

#athlete #came #college #dancer #did

I can put my legs behind my head and sing 'Happy Birthday.' Because that's something that me and my friends used to do when we were in gymnastics class as kids, and I can still do it. I was doing it since I was 8 and 9. They used to call me Gumby. Very bendy. ↗

— Emmy Rossum

#behind #birthday #call #class #doing

Chess is intellectual gymnastics. ↗

— Wilhelm Steinitz

#gymnastics #intellectual

Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#everything #gymnastics #movements #precision #timing

Gymnastics is so complex. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#gymnastics

I'm not doing it for media attention, not doing it for sponsors, not for money. ↗

— Nastia Liukin

#gymnastics #sports #money

As a gymnast, you always wear spandex. Being a teenager wearing spandex? It was tough accepting how my body looked, especially if there was any weight gain. ↗

— Alicia Sacramone

#always #any #being #being a teenager #body

I did gymnastics when I was growing up and to this day I can still do the splits. ↗

— Kristin Kreuk

#did #growing #growing up #gymnastics #i