Alicia Sacramone Quotes

#1. Trying your best is bringing your best ... that's the way to do it! Desire and passion is everything.

Victoria Azarenka

#2. Wake up every day knowing that today is a new day and only you can determine the outcome of that day. So dream big, accept the challenge, and never look back.

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#3. It was probably right after I made my comeback - after retiring post-2008 Olympics - when I finally felt more at ease with my body. Being away from the sport helped put things in perspective.

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#4. I can think of nothing more gallant, even though again and again we fail, than attempting to get at the facts; attempting to tell things as they really are. For at least reality, though never fully attained, can be defined. Reality is that which, when you don't believe in it, doesn't go away.

Peter Viereck

#5. Growing up I definitely looked up to Dominique Moceanu. She was my favorite gymnast and she was on that '96 Olympic team. She was always so fun to watch. I kind of wanted to model my career after hers.

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#6. You know some of the people in The Strokes, yeah, their parents had success - but we didn't live like yuppies.

Julian Casablancas

#7. I had ridiculous amounts of energy. Mom's like, you're driving me crazy - do you want to try gymnastics? From the moment I started it, I loved it and it kind of was like storybook from there.

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#8. I got a custom-made silk dress from a Chinese tailor for really cheap. I sketched it out on a piece of paper, and they took my measurements and made the dress for me in a day!

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#9. As a gymnast, you always wear spandex. Being a teenager wearing spandex? It was tough accepting how my body looked, especially if there was any weight gain.

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#10. During the week I have workout every day from 9 to noon, then I get to rest, then back to the gym from 4:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M.

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#11. And I want a gold medal more than anything. I just want a gold medal, so that's been pushing me forward.

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#12. I try not to deprive myself of anything. I don't do the low-carb thing or anything like that.

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#13. I feel blessed to have an opportunity to try out for a second Olympics team and if it doesn't work out, hey I gave it my all.

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#14. I like that my body is in shape and toned, and isn't too muscular. I feel I still have a woman's physique.

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#15. When I was trying out for my first Olympics at 16, my family and coaches tried to regulate what I ate. But the stricter they got, the more I rebelled.

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#16. I literally tried every sport and was miserable. Soccer couldn't hold my attention. I couldn't figure skate. I'm afraid to swim. So I did dance for five years. It came a time where I was getting a little bit bored with it.

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#17. There are no quick fixes to Indigenous poverty and social disaster.

Malcolm Fraser

#18. You'll make mistakes because it's impossible to know what is or isn't a mistake until it's made.

Stephenie Meyer

#19. It was a dream come true for me to be at the Olympics.

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#20. When you make mistakes during routines, it's not easy getting through them.

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#21. I realized that all you have to do is state what you need and figure out how to get it, and be kind and help other people move forward. Check your jealousy, which is always present, and the threat of the younger generation coming forward as they must do.

Jeanine Tesori

#22. Beijing didn't go the way I planned and I would have liked to have performed a little bit better personally. After Beijing that is what stuck in my mind. I want a better Olympic finish.

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#23. I really want to go back to school and finish up my sociology degree.

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#24. I love chocolate. I like milk and dark chocolate, but definitely not white.

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#25. Are you scared?" he asked. "No." "Me neither." But I was pretty sure we were both lying.

Kiera Cass

#26. I run everywhere I go. You wake up, and you do it, and you make the time. I bring my son, Duke, with me on a lot of the runs. I have this great jogging stroller, and he loves it. It's a great time for the two of us. We'll crank out a run, and he has the time of his life.

Bill Rancic

#27. A hundred-eighty pounds of dead weight - all muscle - to

J.D. Robb