Strug Quotes

#1. When I look back on my reading habits when I was really young, I was really drawn to stories about strong girls who in some ways are outsiders.

Jesmyn Ward

#2. I'm very Type A; I like to get my list done.

Kerri Strug

#3. Every minute of every hour of every day you are making the world, just as you are making yourself, and you might as well do it with generosity and kindness and style.

Rebecca Solnit

#4. I have come to understand that every day is something to cherish.

Kerri Strug

#5. The ones who are successful are the ones who really want it. You have to have that inner drive otherwise it's not going to work out.

Kerri Strug

#6. Do you know what is nice about friendships as longstanding
as ours?" Hyacinth interrupted.
Felicity shook her head.
"You won't take permanent offense when I turn my
back and walk away."
And then Hyacinth did just that.

Julia Quinn

#7. Unless you're Mary Lou Retton, in the right place at the right time with the right personality, you're not going to be on a Wheaties box and have all these endorsements.

Kerri Strug

#8. Be exposed. Be open. Be who you want to be. It will never hurt as much as starving your own humanity of oxygen.

Warren Ellis

#9. I can't tell you exactly what I'm looking for, but I'll know it when it happens. I want to be breathless and weak, crumpled by the entrance of another person inside my soul. I want to be violated by insight.

Aimee Bender

#10. My entire adolescence was geared toward one thing: gymnastics.

Kerri Strug

#11. I never went to my high school dance, and didn't date much.

Kerri Strug

#12. I think it's just really important for youth today to have a passion and pursue something seriously.

Kerri Strug

#13. As you get older, it's harder to maintain your weight and to fly through the air for those routines. It's also the lifestyle; you train seven to eight hours a day, five to six days a week.

Kerri Strug

#14. I think sports are extremely beneficial for our youth. They parallel life in so many ways.

Kerri Strug

#15. You always dream of going to the Olympics and winning gold. I've learned over the years that there are lots of gold medals, but certain stories stick out and make a difference.

Kerri Strug

#16. When someone asks if you'd like cake or pie, why not say you want cake and pie?

Lisa Loeb

#17. The courage to soar to great heights is inside all of us.

Kerri Strug