Svetlana Khorkina Quotes

#1. It should be judged primarily on grace, elegance and beauty rather than simply on mechanic tumbling.

Svetlana Khorkina

#2. I knew well in advance even before I stepped on the stage for my first event that I was going to lose.

Svetlana Khorkina

#3. To a degree, the Greek and Roman mythological heroes are just the first superheroes. They appeal to children for much the same reason. These gods and heroes may have powers, but they get angry and they do the wrong thing. They are human too.

Rick Riordan

#4. If government were a plant, it would be kudzu.

Neal Boortz

#5. I want to continue to constantly put out great music, expand further and further with the live show and music that is attracting music fans from all over the place, not only for ravers or electronic heads.

Skrillex

#6. Her tangle of wild black curls had enacted medusa feats in zero gravity.

Michael Chabon

#7. I find great consolation in having a lot of poetry books around. I believe that writing poetry and reading it are deeply intertwined. I've always delighted in the company of the poets I've read.

Edward Hirsch

#8. I'm very easy to see on the podium because everyone else is small!

Svetlana Khorkina

#9. (N)ever apportion blame. How can there be opponents or rivals or even "others" when there is no "self" in the first place?

Elif Shafak