Meghan O'Rourke Quotes

Sometimes you are strong, sometimes you are weak.

You are an athlete if you are a dancer.

There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends.

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 loved the world of roller derby because I thought it was such an empowering metaphor, that you get out there and do it. It's such a rocker, athletic, capable, cool exhibitionist sport; it's about this great sort of camaraderie.

I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.

Tennis takes care of everything. It requires agility and quickness to get to the ball, core strength to get power into your shorts and stamina to last for an entire match. In addition to toning your arms and shoulders, it's a total body workout for your legs and abs, and works your heart and core unlike any other sport.

It takes a tremendous amount of skill to be a football player. And some of these guys have enough skills to do other sports. Soccer could be one. Basketball could be another. Things where you need incredible hand-eye coordination are always options. I think a football player would be able to adapt to a lot of sports.

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.

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

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.

I can cartwheel!

You have to train hard and be strong while staying flexible and limber, so I'm trying to find that balance.

Wrestling is all about the power of the individual.

I see myself as a pretty mobile big man.

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 feel like I'm a very athletic back, and I'm capable of doing more than one thing.

Everyone needs to move - if you're a pro athlete, a contortionist, a computer programmer, or just somebody who wants to play with their kids.

How much you move affects your strength, your power, your balance, how you look, how you think, how well you withstand the high winds and rain showers of life and how long you will stand. Everyone needs concentrated doses of several kinds of movement to remain functional.

That which yields is not always weak.

Gymnasts are short, stocky, muscular powerhouses.

I'm pretty athletic, but I'm not very strong.

I do like all different kinds of sports and stuff. I've taken up gymnastics and slacklining - you know, tightroping, basically.

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