Nastia Liukin Quotes

This sport has given me so much that my hope would be to give back as much as I can for as long as I can.

Football has given me a lot and I have tried my best to give something back.

I started gymnastics when I was six years old. I was at day care, and they took us on a field trip to a gym club, Bannon's Gymnastix in Houston, and that's how I got started.

Definitely gymnastics, because I was a gymnast for 11 years. That's my thing. My girlfriend Betty Okino was in the 1992 Olympics and won a bronze medal. She's a gymnast. So I'm a huge fan.

I fell in love with gymnastics. I love what I do now. I work with people that I love to be around. Success comes from that.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving.

I have so much in my life. I want to be of value to the world.

Squash has been my life and I owe a lot to the sport.

Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them.

But let me do I will show the world what gymnastics looks like. Well may be this is a future gymnastics.

Whenever we have thanked these men and women for what they have done for us, without exception they have expressed gratitude for having the chance to help - because they grew as they served.

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.

Giving is an expression of gratitude for our blessings.

I just consider myself a piece of the puzzle and I'm lucky enough to be asked or invited to the party, if you will. I hope I can bring some laughs and grimaces to the fans.

I was given such a great gift. It's a miracle that never stops amazing me and reminding me to give thanks, every day. Having a wife and daughter gives me a lot more purpose. I was much more selfish before, but now I think about what kind of role model I'll be. I just want to be a better man.

I've got more out of tennis than I could ever give back.

I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.

So many people have touched my heart and made an impact on my world. I'm thankful for every lesson and learning experience.

I was 23 when I learned how to cook; I grew up around the same time. It was precisely then that Thanksgiving started to mean something more. Growing up, Christmas was always about me, and eventually you, when I finally started to enjoy the giving part. But Thanksgiving is always about us.

Love the giver more than the gift.

I think that everyone who took part has always been grateful for it.