Serinda Swan Quotes

I was a gymnast for 13 years, so I was heavy into sports.

I was always into sports and a lot of physical activities. My dad was a kickboxer and a body builder. My mom was an aerobics teacher.

I'm relatively physically adept and I like throwing myself around. Once, twice, but then you get to nine, ten, eleven and to try and make it look realistic all the time, that's not very pleasant.

Because I do so many action-oriented films, I started working with stunt people doing fight training, then I found it to be just great exercise. Also I like to be fit, so I've continued on with fight training. Right before I got to do 'Conan,' I was fighting off four guys. Its great fun. And strange.

Rather than go to the gym, I would prefer to do martial arts because the time goes by quicker.

I grew up an athlete. Track and field and dance. In track, I actually went to the Junior Olympics. I've always been very athletic.

I was an athlete growing up. I was a wrestler, I played football, so I can take a fall. I actually wanted to be a stuntman when I was kid, so I would practice falling down the stairs. It's just something I like to do.

I can play basketball, run track, and play volleyball, so yeah, I've always been an athlete at heart.

I've always been really athletic, which really helped, because when I first started doing the training for Bulletproof Monk, it required so much strength that if I didn't have a base I don't really know what I would have done.

As I grew up, I started practising gymnastics. I love dancing as well. So that keeps me fit.

Dancing is the best exercise. Not only is it great cardio, but it works everything, strengthening your whole body.

My whole life, I've been training for something, whether it be baseball or football or wrestling or martial arts.

Before I was acting, I was extremely athletic and for a lot of time in my life, I didn't know how to deal with the energy that I had to move and use my body in ways.

I played basketball; I ran track and also played soccer. I think that I am naturally athletic.

My background in gymnastics, martial arts, and dancing has translated very well in the ring.

When I was a kid, I'd always wanted to take karate, but my parents wouldn't let me because I did a lot of other things, including ballet.

It's very good for one's brain and muscular system to work in harmony. If you keep up your playing it just keeps things ticking over.

I love doing fight scenes. I've been a dancer since I was 3 years old, so I think that helped me with the movements.

I love to do kung fu - it gives me energy.

For me, fitness is a part of my everyday life. But fitness does not mean having big muscles; it means being active, quick, and flexible. It can be defined in many terms.

I do a combination of running and kung fu on a regular basis.

My father was a footballer. I used to play a lot as a kid, but not like a team or something, just with my family having fun. It makes your legs stronger and helps your co-ordination.

We play in a physical sport.

Taking punches to the face at six in the morning, it's funny to hear that but, like, I'm grateful that I'm capable to do that.

Boxing was just another one to keep me going as a child.