Shannon Miller Quotes

"My undergraduate degree is in business, so I'm trying to get a bit of a background before I go in."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Business, Trying)

"At an Olympics Game, you want to enjoy it, especially if you know it's going to be your last one."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Want)

"At the Olympics, you there to do a job. I feel you should take it seriously. You should be respectful. You are putting on the red-white-and-blue and going out there to perform for your country."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Country, Job)

"Charles Barkley, I used to watch him growing up. Then I met him. He was a big teddy bear."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Growing up)

"Everyone has obstacles, and you're not going to have the right answer or do the right thing every single time."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Time, Obstacles, Right)

"Floor exercise, the longest you run is two or three steps. In the vault, it's not a whole lot more than that."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Exercise)

"For the most part I'll probably do floor exercise and balance beam. Those are the two things that I do."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Balance, Exercise)

"We typically don't choose our athletes until about a month prior to the Games because anything can happen."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Athletes, Games)

"It's amazing to me that they're cutting physical education programs in the school systems."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Education, School)

"Gymnastics uses every single part of your body, every little tiny muscle that you never even knew."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Body)

"When I go in to compete, whether it's gymnastics or anything else, I do my own thing. I compete with myself."
- Shannon Miller

"There's not a whole lot of events out there on television, especially in the years between Olympic Games."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Events, Games, Television, Years)

"There's never going to be a system that is fair to everyone."
- Shannon Miller

"The rate of childhood obesity is just ridiculous. Anytime I can get involved with teaching them how to get physical exercise, I want to help in any way possible."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Childhood, Exercise, Help, Obesity, Teaching, Want)

"Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: People, Expectations, May)

"It's been really good to have a goal and go after it. That feels good."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Goal)

"In gymnastics, you have to be perfect every step along the way."
- Shannon Miller

"In gymnastics, the longest routine you do is a minute and a half, and that's pretty tough to get through."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Pretty, Routine)

"I'm used to short distances and short bursts of energy; it was just fastest."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Energy)

"I'm not fascinated by one particular case, but by knowledge that I had no idea was out there."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Idea, Knowledge)

"I got into law school to supplement my business background. I'm not planning to practice law."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Business, Law, Planning, Practice, School)

"I'm an athlete rep, so I'll be available if they need me for anything."
- Shannon Miller

"I'm a competitor. I really enjoyed the race more than just going out and running to run."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Race, Running)

"I will be talking with gymnasts from some of the other countries. I will be getting a feel for what they're thinking and what they're doing. It should be a really great meet."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Countries, Talking, Thinking, Will)

"I was always athletic and I could do a lot of things."
- Shannon Miller

"I can now successfully drive a stick. That's a huge accomplishment."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Accomplishment, Now)

"I want to bring more gymnastics on television."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Television, Want)

"I thought about running a marathon a long time ago, but I'm just not a runner."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Time, Thought, Marathon, Running)

"I think it's really important to look at the big picture instead of just one competition."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Competition)

"I love performing in front of an audience and seeing smiles on the kids' faces."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Love, Faces, Kids, Smiles)

"When you grow up on camera and in the public eye, you feel you have to put forth this image. I just took that to the extreme and there was a lot of pressure on me."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Extreme, Eye, Pressure, Public)

"I'm coming up on 30. There are other things that I want to pursue outside of just performing."
- Shannon Miller
(Related: Want)

"I don't think I have the mileage on me to really complain of any injuries yet."
- Shannon Miller