Svetlana Khorkina famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

This is how [the] sport has contributed to my personality, toughness and discipline. I have a plan, and I work on it. I was going to add [the] before the word sport since I thought was either a typo or a problem translating what she said, but then I thought it made sense without it too , so I left it as is. Just know that that's not a typo on my part.
-- Svetlana Khorkina

#Sports #Gymnastics #Discipline
I'm very easy to see on the podium because everyone else is small!
-- Svetlana Khorkina

#Gymnastics #Easy
I knew well in advance even before I stepped on the stage for my first event that I was going to lose.
-- Svetlana Khorkina

#Firsts #Events #Stage
It should be judged primarily on grace, elegance and beauty rather than simply on mechanic tumbling.
-- Svetlana Khorkina

#Grace #Tumbling #Elegance

It's a special honor to be one of the leaders of this football team. But I said it once, I'll say it again, no one person wins a game by themselves. Individually, it's top of the mountain, my sport, my profession. It's what you dream about as a kid.
One time a French reporter asked me how I could do a cross so easily. I said, "You just lower your body down until your arms are straight out to the sides, then you stop."
Gymnastics is my whole life, and I dream of going to the Olympics and being a world champ.
I'm really good at gymnastics, and that's about it.
I learned Tae Kwon Do and gymnastics and I have a trainer.
We want and expect to win the silver or gold. A bronze would be a step back. In fact, we think it would be a put-down if we don't win the silver or gold.
Set your goals, follow your dreams, listen to your heart and don't let anything stand in your way.
For dash and gallantry the bloodthirsty Scots, Australians and Canadians led the way, with the impetuous Irish close behind. The Australian to my mind were the most aggressive, and managed to keep their form in spite of their questionable discipline. Out of the line they were undoubtedly difficult to handle, but once in it they loved a fight. They were a curious mixture of toughness and sentimentality...
Discipline says, 'I need to.' Duty says, 'I ought to.' Devotion says, 'I want to.'
There can be no self-government without self-discipline. There can be no self-government without self-control. There can be no liberty unless it is grounded in moral discipline and the ability to do what is right.

Svetlana Khorkina famous quotes

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