Liang Chow Quotes

I'd challenge myself to see how long I could go without a fall - on beam, I once went three weeks.

I think that when you are on a four-inch balance beam, you don't care about laughing or smiling or waving to the crowd because you're going to be down in a second.

Pommel horse is probably the most nerve-wracking because it's one of the events that is easiest to fall off, and then you lose the momentum of the whole routine.

Jumping from boulder to boulder and never falling, with a heavy pack, is easier than it sounds; you just can't fall when you get into the rhythm of the dance.

I'd say I'm quite powerful so I'm not afraid of jumps or acrobatic elements. The hardest part is... get on the beam and stay there on top of it!

Gymnasts are short, stocky, muscular powerhouses.

I was in good control of my body, and I kept my head still.

What makes the vault so spectacular is because it's a very athletic type of event, where it needs a lot of speed, a lot of explosive action and, of course, great coordination.

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.

You want your lady to be a contortionist. What man wouldn't want a lady who's a contortionist?

As much as we pump iron and we run to build our strength up, we need to build our mental strength up... so we can focus... so we can be in concert with one another.

That's something I do, like, all the time. I just do backflips off things.

She can't even chew gum and walk in a straight line, let alone write a book.

I try to keep the martial arts up. It's a good thing, not just physically but also for your mind.

I learned Tae Kwon Do and gymnastics and I have a trainer.

It's a lot harder to do an ensemble because your energy is going in so many different places, and you have to cover everybody. You have to sort of split your attention.

If I am practicing on the wire, and you pushed me, I would not move, and if you take a piece of wood and beat me up on the shoulder and the head, I would not move. You would not put me out of balance. You would not be able to. I am solid as granite when I am on the tight rope, and I should be.

It's very easy to walk on a wire if you spend a whole lifetime practicing for it.

Golf is a search for perfection, for balance. It's about meditation and concentration. You have to use hand and brain.

Skateboarding helps a ton with balance, precision, with air awareness... it gets your senses to be spot-on and it's also a great way to take my mind off things.

My dad had me in Taekwondo when I was a kid, but I didn't retain much of that.

Tennis is a big puzzle. It's not any more physical or mental; you have to have all the pieces first, and then you have to put all the pieces together. For me, it took me time.

When you're playing upside down, it takes twice the strength.

Basketball can give us a kind of mystical awareness. Everything seems focused and in balance.

People always accused me of not smiling like my rival Olga Korbut, but that was just my personality. When you're balancing on a nine-inch beam, you have to concentrate. But if you look back at the footage, I was always smiling and waving at the crowd after my performances.