Liukin Quotes & Sayings

I don't want to repeat my mistakes. — Nastia Liukin

You don't always get stronger on the days that everything comes easily to you. — Nastia Liukin

Take note, Anderson. Size and martial ability do not need to come with a correlating decrease in intelligence. — Kelley Armstrong

Supergirl is such an iconic brand, and for me to be able to be the new face of it is extremely exciting. — Nastia Liukin

I've had to learn through experiences not to be afraid to fail. You don't know what the future holds for you. You can hope your dreams come true, but you have to be fearless. I don't want to look back and think, What if? — Nastia Liukin

Even in the heyday of frozen concentrate, the popularity of orange juice rested largely on its image as the ultimate natural beverage, fresh squeezed from a primordial fruit. But the reality is that human intervention has modified the orange for millenniums, as it has almost everything people eat. — Deborah Blum

Never quit after a bad day — Nastia Liukin

I just love drama. I love the idea of exploring relationships, whatever they may be. That's fun for me. — Emayatzy Corinealdi

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

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

I also want to get out there in the world and do some acting and fashion and modeling. — Nastia Liukin

It's not just the effect of technology on the environment, on religion, on the economic structure, on society, on politics, etc. It's that everything now exists in technology to the point where technology is the new and comprehensive host of nature of life. — Godfrey Reggio

If men used as much care in uprooting vices and implanting virtues as they do in discussing problems, there would not be so much evil and scandal in the world, or such laxity in religious organizations. On the day of judgment, surely, we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done; not how well we have spoken but how well we have lived. Tell me, where now are all the masters and teachers whom you knew so well in life and who were famous for their learning? Others have already taken their places and I know not whether they ever think of their predecessors. During life they seemed to be something; now they are seldom remembered. — Thomas A Kempis

I brought a lot of my own pieces of clothes to the design room when I first met with the design team just so they could see what my style was like. — Nastia Liukin

I'm not doing it for media attention, not doing it for sponsors, not for money. — Nastia Liukin

As with Dutchy and Carmine on the train, this little cluster of women has become a kind of family to me. Like an abandoned foal that nestles against cows in the barnyard, maybe I just need to feel the warmth of belonging. And if I'm not going to find that with the Byrnes, I will find it, however partial and illusory, with the women in the sewing room. — Christina Baker Kline

I knew that life isn't always just about the Olympic gold medals and the sponsors. — Nastia Liukin

Set daily, monthly and long term goals and dreams. Don't ever be afraid to dream too big. Nothing is impossible. If you believe in yourself, you can achieve it. — Nastia Liukin

Pain is life. Life is pain. — Katherine Applegate

Pain is an old friend who left briefly and has now returned. Starvation without sustenance, I had grown acquaint. Satiety was a stranger who invaded my deepest being, and now I cannot live without. — Melanie A. Gabbard

Even if kids don't love gymnastics, if they start at any age with some classes, they can learn so many different things - they can build a lot of character, strength, flexibility, and courage. Hopefully, they can also develop a sense of fearlessness. — Nastia Liukin

It's because you absolutely love the sport. — Nastia Liukin

Finish what you start, no matter how painful it may be. — Nastia Liukin

I'm showing the younger generation your career doesn't have to be over when you're 16-years-old. — Nastia Liukin

I'm just trying to really take it one day at a time, because for me - and I know this sounds cliche, whatever - I achieved my ultimate goal, and nothing can really top that, you know? — Nastia Liukin

Like at home, I don't wear heels. But everywhere else I go, I wear heels. — Nastia Liukin

America is very important economically. It's certainly, by far, the most important country in the world. — Mikhail Saakashvili

You ask any person in the U.S. and they know who Mary Lou Retton is. — Nastia Liukin

The first time I walked into the Olympic athlete village seeing the Visa ATM machine with my picture on it and the Chinese characters saying 'Destiny.' For some reason, it just boosted my confidence and it was before I had even worked out or had my first training or competed. — Nastia Liukin

Every civilized society must disarm its citizens against each other. — Garry Wills

The words Death Star were harder for him to say now that the death was real. — Claudia Gray

A car can't operate without the mechanical systems working, but it can operate with a few dents and scratches ... you are the same. — Michael Dolan

Gymnastics, especially in my family, is more than a sport. It's our life, it's our careers, it's our family business. — Nastia Liukin

If you are afraid of failure, you don't deserve success. — Nastia Liukin

I take it a little bit hard on myself because I'm comparing myself a lot, and that's the kind of person I am because I'm so competitive, but it's also good, because I am competitive, so it kind of kicks you in the butt. — Nastia Liukin