Shannon Miller
Shannon Miller
Shannon Lee Milleris a former artistic gymnast from Edmond, Oklahoma. She was the 1993 and 1994 World All-Around Champion, the 1996 Olympics balance beam gold medalist, the 1995 Pan Am Games all-around champion, and a member of the gold medal-winning Magnificent Seven team at the Atlanta Olympics. The winner of a combined total of 16 World Championships and Olympic medals between 1991 and 1996, Miller ranks as the most decorated gymnast, male or female, in U.S. history. Miller was also...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGymnast
Date of Birth10 March 1977
CityRolla, MO
CountryUnited States of America
Gymnastics is the type of sport where you can't take something that gives you more energy. Something may be great for the vault, but then you have the bars after it and you have to be more sedate for that.
Everyone gets scared, and everyone falls. The key is to get right back up and try again.
Gymnastics is a lot like life. You don't become an Elite gymnast by bickering and having a negative attitude. You have to be positive to get to that level.
When I go in to compete, whether it's gymnastics or anything else, I do my own thing. I compete with myself.
Face each day with the expectation of achieving good, rather than the dread of falling short.
Gymnastics uses every single part of your body, every little tiny muscle that you never even knew.
Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself.
Doing your best is more important than being the best.