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.

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.

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.

Seeing the show is like a visit to the fountain of youth for parents and the children.

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.

It's really hard to separate fantasy from reality.

Nowadays a gold medal is a $1 million contract. Our athletes are our heroes.

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.

I will jump into most any role.

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.

I have three dogs and a cockatoo.

You are the rainbow that adds color to my gray skies.

You don't have to live in anyone's shadow. Allow your unique characteristics to shine forth and Illuminate your way.

I'm not a snob. Ask anybody. Well, anybody who matters.

I definitely think cheerleaders have no fear. When I took the Hellcats job I was like whoa, this is a sport. Cheerleaders deserve a lot of respect for what they do.

...he who remains passive when over-whelmed with grief loses his best chance of recovering his elasticity of mind.

I don't like closed systems.

The older you get, the more fragile you understand life to be. I think that's good motivation for getting out of bed joyfully each day.

When I dance, I forget everything else and just feel completely happy.

Genius is infinite painstaking.

Golf in the interest of good health and good manners. It promotes self-restraint and affords a chance to play the man and act the gentleman.