Balance Beam Quotes

My first experience with gymnastics was when I was in daycare. We took a field trip to a gym, and I was hooked.

I've missed being able to flip in the air, flip on the beam and swing on the bars.

Nastia Liukin, I was obsessed with her. And I say was, but really am obsessed with her. She's just so amazing.

I walk on the wire; it's my profession, and there are no two high wire walks alike.

Wire-walking in performance is one thing - I never fell, of course. If I had, I wouldn't be here talking about it.

I started gymnastics when I was six years old. I was at day care, and they took us on a field trip to a gym club, Bannon's Gymnastix in Houston, and that's how I got started.

They're like, 'Oh, you did a...' and I'm like, 'I did a what?' No, I flipped twice. I twisted twice. They go, 'It's called a...' and I'm like, 'Why do I need to know that? I just need to go and do that.'

I was all in gold sequins for Million Dollar Mermaid, 50 feet in the air.

If I had been born in the circus, my parents would have pushed me on that little high wire at four years old. That's when the body is most limber to learn those acrobatics.

As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport.

On the balance beam, sometimes it's really hard to stay on if you're having some rough times.

But let me do I will show the world what gymnastics looks like. Well may be this is a future gymnastics.

Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition.

I started walking a wire when I was 2 years old, and this has been a dream of mine to recreate this walk.

Gymnastics is so complex.

I've always had a fascination with gymnastics, since I was a kid. It was the one thing at the Olympics that I would be like, 'Mom can I stay up late to watch gymnastics?'

For the most part I'll probably do floor exercise and balance beam. Those are the two things that I do.

I fell in love with gymnastics. I love what I do now. I work with people that I love to be around. Success comes from that.

I can do all my jumps in practice, three in a row, five out of five, four out of five.

I've always had an undeniable love for gymnastics.

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!

I was a gymnast as a little girl.

I think gymnastics was associated with the 10. I thought that belonged to the sport, and somehow we gave it way.

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.

Gymnastics is my favorite Olympic sport, hands-down.