Kate Nash Quotes

I could do a standing back flip at 13.

I know what my body can do.

I can run up a wall and do a back flip - that's the most impressive thing that I can do.

I'm pretty athletic, but I'm not very strong.

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

My parents enrolled me in a gymnastics class when I was three years old, and I just was drawn to gymnastics. I loved it. It was my playground, and I could run around and be free there.

To learn to do backflips and front flips, you had to fall and bump your head a couple times. I've been doing them since I was a little one, though. Just something I've enjoyed doing, just flip.

Gymnastics was my calling. I think it chose me in a lot of ways.

Gymnastics taught me everything - life lessons, responsibility and discipline and respect.

I had ridiculous amounts of energy. Mom's like, you're driving me crazy - do you want to try gymnastics? From the moment I started it, I loved it and it kind of was like storybook from there.

I really loved what the guys were doing more than anything, how high they jumped, how effortless it was.

I've just always felt it's an incredibly empowering thing, particularly for young women, to capitalize on their coordination and their strength. It's a very empowering thing to feel strong in your body.

I can cartwheel!

For a gymnast to be successful, she needs to strike a balance of everything within herself. She needs to be graceful, flexible, perform all elements, turns, maintain co-ordination - she has to have all of that. If, for example, she only has co-ordination and nothing else, she will not succeed.

I began to study martial arts because it was a great form of exercise, and I knew it would help my acting career. Martial arts reminded me of dancing. It has helped me learn fight sequences quicker.

Gymnastics is just one part of my life, and I'm having as much fun with it as possible.

A lot of people know me for my speed and my flexibility. I like to jump, but I'm not really the best jumper. I'm more of a spinner.

The hardest for me is rings because it is a lot more strength-oriented, while all the other events are about fluidity and flexibility. It's the one event that doesn't coincide with the fluidity, which is my strength.

I always wanted to be active, and I always wanted to perform. That's why I loved gymnastics.

Being involved in sports, you think less about how your body looks and more how it performs.

I'd say I'm quite powerful so I'm not afraid of jumps or acrobatic elements. The hardest part is... get on the beam and stay there on top of it!

Gymnasts are short, stocky, muscular powerhouses.

I do like all different kinds of sports and stuff. I've taken up gymnastics and slacklining - you know, tightroping, basically.

I've still got a few moves from my days as a gymnast.

You are an athlete if you are a dancer.