Jason Mitchell Quotes

I can do somersaults and back flips.

Tumbling has always been my favorite.

I've still got a few moves from my days as a gymnast.

I do tumbling and flips; there's a gym I go to for that.

I really loved what the guys were doing more than anything, how high they jumped, how effortless it was.

I was always cast doing something athletic. I can't do a cartwheel.

I've always been an incredibly physically capable human being. I've always had good control of my body, walk a hundred feet on my hands, jump off rock wall and do a back flip into the sand. That's always been who I am.

I can cartwheel!

A lot of people know me for my speed and my flexibility. I like to jump, but I'm not really the best jumper. I'm more of a spinner.

I can put both legs over my head.

I'm really good at gymnastics, and that's about it.

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

We got to jump on, like, trampolines, learn flips, learn karate, kung fu, Hong Kong street fighting.

I've missed being able to flip in the air, flip on the beam and swing on the bars.

To learn to do backflips and front flips, you had to fall and bump your head a couple times. I've been doing them since I was a little one, though. Just something I've enjoyed doing, just flip.

I was always dancing and acrobatics was my specialty.

I like to do the splits onstage.

I can walk on my hands.

You need to have explosive power. So you need to have good agility to move your feet quick and be in the right place at the right time. So you have to be an overall athlete: you need to be in shape to be able to throw.

I could do a standing back flip at 13.

The hardest for me is rings because it is a lot more strength-oriented, while all the other events are about fluidity and flexibility. It's the one event that doesn't coincide with the fluidity, which is my strength.

I can bend over and put my head between my legs, stick my foot over my head, and stand one leg.

I'm going to become like a gymnast. I watch online, on Instagram, these gymnast influencers, and that's where I want to get.

I can run up a wall and do a back flip - that's the most impressive thing that I can do.

Gymnasts are short, stocky, muscular powerhouses.