Karolyi Gymnastics Quotes & Sayings

The Olympics shows the community what gymnastics is all about. — Bela Karolyi

From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? Never. All the armies of Europe and Asia ... could not by force take a drink from the Ohio River or make a track on the Blue Ridge in the trial of a thousand years. No, if destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men we will live forever or die by suicide. — Abraham Lincoln

It's nice to have a medal, but we were hoping for a gold. — Marta Karolyi

You have to have competent people evaluating the athlete, not the housewives! — Bela Karolyi

You can admire people for sure, and they're worth admiring, but you need to find that special thing about yourself. It takes working hard, getting the technique, and learning to sing and all that stuff, but the master class is about bringing yourself to the role. — Susan Egan

I'll be safe and happy when I'm no longer afraid of my own mind. — Marissa Meyer

The rest of the world laughed at American gymnastics before I came. — Bela Karolyi

We may have been crazed, strange and entirely too eager to find new things to have sex with - but we went out to preserve great chunks of this planet's cultures and we damned well did it with some style — Warren Ellis

I've been beautiful all along. — Soman Chainani

It is your blessing, the path God has chosen for you here on Earth. Whenever a man does that which gives him enthusiasm, he is following his Legend. However, not everyone has the courage to face up to his own dreams. — Paulo Coelho

Success depends on how much you are willing to sacrifice, how much you are willing to alter your everyday life for a particular goal. — Bela Karolyi

I know gymnastics. It's always been a subjective appreciation. — Bela Karolyi

Hello?" Violet said finally.
The telephone said nothing.
"Hello?" Violet said again. "Hello? Hello?"
The telephone did not answer. — Lemony Snicket

A piece of art is part of its creator, you cannot split them apart. You cannot like one and dislike another. — Sameh Elsayed

Your character defects are not where you're bad, but where you're wounded. But no matter who or what causes the wound, it's yours now and you're responsible for it. — Marianne Williamson

Writing songs has always been hard and easy. It's not always easy when you want it to be, and then sometimes it's just like turning on the faucet. That's just the nature of it. — Jeff Tweedy

The rich would do better with a smaller share of a rapidly growing economy then they're doing now with a large share of an economy that is barely growing at all. — Robert Reich

We usually spend one hour per week on ballet but Marta Karolyi has us do a lot of compulsory floor in the morning practice. — Kristie Phillips

In gymnastics, smaller will always be better in many ways. The stress in the head, that will be the same for all. But the stress on the body and the concussions it must endure, that will always be easier for the little ones. — Bela Karolyi

There is always in February some one day, at least, when one smells the yet distant, but surely coming, summer. — Gertrude Jekyll

Whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, u who gives his Holy Spirit to you. — Anonymous