38 Quotes by Cathy Rigby

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

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.

An athlete learns how to hold her breath, but that doesn't work in singing. You have to learn to relax.

I'll talk to kids afterward and somebody will always say, 'I'll leave my bedroom window open for you.

When you're on the Olympic team at 15, you don't do anything else. There's no normal social development, and your decisions are made for you.

Actually, performing is a lot like golf. You are alone, so vulnerable.

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.

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.

You see your peers weighing 80 pounds and you think, 'Oh, my God, I've got to be 80 pounds or I'll fail.'