American Quotes

Bankruptcy represents a longstanding commitment in this country to helping people get a fresh start. This principle has never been giving only certain people a fresh start.

Without greater support for childcare, parents of young children may be forced to choose cheaper, poor quality care for their children or fail to provide it entirely.

A successful tool is one that was used to do something undreamt of by its author.

Women have to risk civil disobedience for their rights.

What we have most to fear is failure of the heart.

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.

The mid-life crisis hits men harder than women.

Obviously, the anti-ERA people are tickled about my ordeal because it proves that the ERA breaks up families. When they point out that feminism is a dangerous thing, I just say marriage is pretty precarious too.

It's only when we have nothing else to hold onto that we're willing to try something very audacious and scary.

In our home we grew up thinking we were Mormons first and human beings second.

I'm one of the few people in this world who can do anything I choose. I can't tell you how good I'm feeling.

I still feel Mormon. Those men in Salt Lake City can't decide who's Mormon and who isn't.

I liked the name of the amendment. I couldn't help feeling uneasy that the church was opposing something with a name as beautiful as the Equal Rights Amendment.

I came from the most orthodox background you could ask for.

What we resist persists.

A friend said to me, 'Be glad for your troubles - they strengthen you.' Well, if that's the truth, I'm going to be so strong they'll have to beat me to death!

I get less and less sleep these days, so when I have any down time all I want to do is sleep!

I fell in love with running, and I finally have time to do it now.

I don't want to be all power and muscle.

I don't know where I'm really going to cha cha, but hopefully I can find a place.

I don't feel like a star; I never have. I don't feel like a star; I never have. I always feel like I'm the young one, I'm the small one. I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself.

I didn't make it a priority, and as a result my knee didn't heal to the extent it should have.

I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself.

I always feel like I'm the young one, I'm the small one.

Gymnastics is so complex.

Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about.

Every year I just kept going back to gymnastics, but I didn't start out training 10 hours a day. When I turned 10 or 11, I got more serious and I focused a lot on making it to the elite level, and from there I just kept going.

A typical practice consists of practicing every event for about an hour. A lot of people assume I have private coaching, but I work out with 13 other girls at the gym!

Stay strong. Stand up. Have a voice.

Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected.