Gus Kenworthy Quotes

I love how my sport reaches out to people with the music and story lines, the glory of standing up for three or four minutes of tough, arduous, gravity-defying skating and all the stuff that goes with it.

There is always tension in women's gymnastics between athleticism, grace, performance, and eros.

Even though I'm a gymnast, I've always loved dancing.

Where is the stretch? Where is the perfect fit? Where does it make sense? You have to be a Baryshnikov.

I am fascinated by the engineering. The science of constructing and understanding why it stands. And I am drawn by the madness, the beauty, the theatricality, the poetry and soul of the wire. And you cannot be a wire-walker without mingling those two ways of seeing life.

For the off-ice training, I do basic strength training, and for the on-ice training, I practice jumps, spins, steps, and my new long program with my new coach Peter Oppegard.

I'm a pretty decent tap dancer. I enjoy all types of dancing, actually.

I can do the tricks and I can skate. I have great skating skills and artistry and well-choreographed programs. For me, the biggest obstacle is just bringing it all together.

Skating can make you feel athletic, graceful, beautiful.

A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good leg.

I have been a professional dancer and athlete my entire life.

Skating is really hard, especially women's skating where we're judged in little tiny dresses.

My movement is usually about finding the balance between artistry, athleticism, and musicality. It always originates with a classical basis and expands outwards from that platform.

When I watch my skating when I was younger, I definitely see all this balletic movement and this artistry come through.

Skating is a sport that I found a lot of interest in from a very, very young age. Ultimately, I think that being on the ice, being in the cold, and trying things and challenging myself in different ways is something that made me really interested in skating.

My training and ballet background definitely gives me the competitive edge on the ice.

I had been on the junior Olympic team in high school for trampoline; I could do twenty-six back flips in a row.

Dance has always been my number one. I started when I was seven years old and I've had the opportunity to work with some really amazing artists.

Who am I, if I'm not this singer with big high notes? I identify with my voice. But I'm more than just the acrobatics.

When you dance, it takes a lot of stamina, but it never seemed like work 'cause I was doing something that I so loved doing. It was always a joy. And you know, to have beautiful ballets made specially for you is such an honor. I always said it was better than diamonds.

You are an athlete if you are a dancer.

The ballet embodies the notes of music. And sometimes you almost feel like you can see the notes dance up there on the stage.

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.

A dancer's life is all about repetition.

Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.