Miranda Kerr Quotes

My entire adolescence was geared toward one thing: gymnastics.

My mom was a high school gymnast.

When I was younger I wanted to be a gymnast, but they have to be quite short - I was tall.

There's no day when I don't think it would be great to be 25 years old and have the Olympics coming in less than 300 days - and be the best in the world. I can't think of anything so motivating.

Gymnastics was my way to travelling the world.

Most of us have had that experience - at around puberty - of realising that, despite whatever efforts we put into our chosen sports, we will become at best competent.

I was a huge athlete as a kid. I was on every sports team.

My Daddy liked physical fitness and wanted me to be a prizefighter.

As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport.

I was a gymnast when I was little, like 8, 9, 10.

You would not want me on your football team.

During my freshman year at Cornell, I joined my dorm's intramural football team. At the first practice, upper classmen pointed out I was tall, so I should try playing QB. Well half an hour later, it was abundantly clear that I should not be the QB.

I wasn't like other boys. At any rate, I wasn't like my three elder brothers: they excelled at football and they were like other boys, going up to bed each night hugging annuals filled with stories about the glories of Pele and Danny McGrain.

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

My sophomore year I spent exactly one day on the JV football team. It was the tryout day.

In gymnastics, the longest routine you do is a minute and a half, and that's pretty tough to get through.

The Olympics shows the community what gymnastics is all about.

A few of us who are around the sixty mark don't play that much these days and if you are taking on a couple of guys in their forties it is very difficult.

Every kid in America dreams of playing in the big leagues and they don't, just because. It's not because they blew out their knee. It's just because they didn't make it.

I never went through a period were I wanted to be a doctor, a cop or even a rock star. All I wanted to do was play short stop for the Yankees from the time I was about 5. Then I turned 15 and realized how silly that was and just gave up on it.

For the most part I'll probably do floor exercise and balance beam. Those are the two things that I do.

Sports was my entire life as long as I can remember.

I used to run track in high school and was unexceptional in every way.

In my younger days, I loved to run. Although it may be hard for you to believe it, I did. And I did win a few races.

Gymnastics is so huge in the Olympics. There are a lot of fans who want to see more.