Henrietta Onodi quotes

Henrietta Onodi quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Gymnastics is not at all as popular as, for example, soccer. Gymnastics as a sport isn't promoted very well.”
-- Henrietta Onodi

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“There were moments when I wondered at the gossamer veil that stops licence from being libel. I suspect that taking on the job of England manager puts you outside the protection of the courts. It must be part of the job description that you will be held hostage by media speculation and can have your character tortured, molested and finally executed at the public whim, in exchange for a lifetime's supply of money.”
“You can do as many sprints as you want but there's nothing like playing in a 90-minute soccer game. There's no better way to gain your fitness, in my opinion, than playing in consistent games.”

Source : "Abby Wambach discusses her marriage, sport and future". Interview with Jeff Di Veronica, www.usatoday.com. March 30, 2014.
“Crime is fast destroying the moral fabric of South African cities, and is becoming a major threat to South African democracy as well as the prominent manifestation of a "class war" that is largely a continuation of the "race war" of yesterday.”
“On current form, both teams will probably lose.”
“A few question marks are being asked in the Honduran defence”
“Well, he had two stabs at the cherry”
“If I can slow it down in my mind, things will be fine.”
“We're never as good as we think we are, nor as bad as we think we are.”
“One time a French reporter asked me how I could do a cross so easily. I said, "You just lower your body down until your arms are straight out to the sides, then you stop."”
“When I first turned elite in gymnastics, when I was 14, that's when I really became more inspired than ever. I just always kept that in the back of my mind, and always thought about making the 2012 team.”

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