Cathy Rigby quotes
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“Seeing the show is like a visit to the fountain of youth for parents and the children.”
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“Nowadays a gold medal is a $1 million contract. Our athletes are our heroes.”
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“In high school I never went to the prom because I was too consumed with gymnastics. Also, with my hair in pigtails and looking about 10, I wasn't exactly date material.”
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“I would climb on roofs and jump off using my parents' bed sheet, hoping it would open like a parachute. I was always getting hurt, breaking a leg, you know, bruising, cracking my head open.”
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“It's that athlete's obsessiveness - the need to prove yourself and work harder than anybody else. I think it's what helped me do well in the theater.”
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“There's so much denial in gymnastics. It's a beautiful sport but the other part is numbing. You become machinelike. They'll refute this, but I've been around it. I know.”
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“It's really hard to separate fantasy from reality.”
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“I grew up in a sport that didn't allow you to grow up. There was always the threat of younger competition. So you had to maintain the image of youth.”
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“An athlete learns how to hold her breath, but that doesn't work in singing. You have to learn to relax.”
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“Actually, performing is a lot like golf. You are alone, so vulnerable.”
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“There's no disgrace in failure, the disgrace is not to try.”
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“Flying is such a joy. You just want to hoot.”
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“The thing I received from Girl Scouts more than anything else was a sense of real teamwork and working for the community, helping others, and it was not competitive. I remember working as a group to achieve a goal or to help the community. There was a great sense of accomplishment in that.”
-- Cathy RigbySource : "Girls Scouts' 100th Anniversary a Time to Reflect". abcnews.go.com. March 12, 2012.
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“Acting allows me the freedom to let go, to be in the moment, to be spontaneous. I no longer have the fear of losing, of failure.”
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