Peyton Royce Quotes

Gymnastics uses every single part of your body, every little tiny muscle that you never even knew.

A huge part of Irish dance is balance, which is so good for any kind of combat - just being aware of your body.

I was a dancer for fifteen years, and I think a lot of what dancing gives you crosses over so much into anything to do with fighting, martial arts, anything action.

Kicks are my forte. I've got strong legs and high kicks. And I've got very good reach, obviously.

I am fairly physically aware and agile, and I imbue that into the characters I play.

I think overall body awareness and knowing exactly where I need to be makes a big difference. Knowing how much weight to put on each foot or where I need to put my hands are things I'm very good at. Obviously with the wrestling background those are things that come naturally.

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.

I know what my body can do.

You are an athlete if you are a dancer.

When I was younger, I used to wrestle, and I feel that it contributed to my athletic ability because as a wrestler you have to be an all-encompassed athlete. You need stamina, strength, endurance and mental capacity. You also have to learn how to adapt in any situation.

I've been very physical my whole life. I've done a lot of ballet, fencing and karate, and everything.

I had strong legs that would have made me a good sumo wrestler and I used that to my advantage, but my home runs were achieved by technique.

Scouts have always been surprised by the way I'm able to move at my size. How fast and agile I am.

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.

Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about.

It's definitely a necessity to make split-second decisions when you're doing gymnastics because things don't always go perfect.

In gymnastics, you have to be perfect every step along the way.

When I go to the gym, stretching is very important. For polo, you don't need too much strength so you don't want to build yourself up too much. It's all about flexibility.

Gymnastics is the type of sport where you can't take something that gives you more energy. Something may be great for the vault, but then you have the bars after it and you have to be more sedate for that.

Dance is certainly a sport, and they are phenomenal athletes, and they're also artists.

In the game of football, you need to be strong, and at my position, you need to be able to put up a good fight. So I work on my upper body and lower body strength because your body's got to be able to last.

There's a very fine line between martial arts and dance. Kicking with your foot stretched out, or kicking with your foot flat in someone's face, in terms of flexibility, it's all kind of the same thing.

Being a dancer is my metaphor for life because you have to know your body. Being a dancer and paying attention to fitness is all about moving in balance.

For me speed and power is the most important thing on the footy field as well as agility which I work on everyday.

When I model, I use every single muscle in my body. Being fit and physical lets me know that control.