“For a gymnast to be successful, she needs to strike a balance of every...” — Yana Kudryavtseva Quote

For a gymnast to be successful, she needs to strike a balance of everything within herself. She needs to be graceful, flexible, perform all elements, turns, maintain co-ordination - she has to have all of that. If, for example, she only has co-ordination and nothing else, she will not succeed.

When you're on the victory podium, you're a queen, but when you come down from it, you're nobody. You cannot be too proud of yourself.

Some of the authorities would like to remove rhythmic gymnastics from the list of Olympic sports and turn it into art. I think this would be wrong, as rhythmic gymnastics is a true sport - we train around six hours per day and sometimes spend entire days in the gym.

I would like to get a good education, get married, and have kids.

Trying to balance the budget through defense cuts is both counterproductive and impossible.

Golf is a search for perfection, for balance. It's about meditation and concentration. You have to use hand and brain.

Some missionaries are giants in the Spirit and pygmies in skills in the Spirit. Work hard to develop a balance. Your leaders, and you, should teach the skills to each other.

I wanted to put a really good kids' racing bike out there for kids under 14: 10-year-olds, eight-year-olds, right down to balance bikes for kids.

I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision.