73 Quotes by Katelyn Ohashi

In elite gymnastics, I was surrounded by this bubble, that gymnastics was literally all I knew, and I'd like to know about worldly issues.

I feed off the audience a lot, their energy.

By 2012, I probably had, like, three stress reactions in my back. Two stress fractures in my fibula.

My back is permanently messed up.

I've had two shoulder surgeries.

I have said that gymnastics can be abusive and brutal. That was my experience. I felt trapped in a world where authority figures were dictating my future.

I learned at a young age that my voice was not wanted or heard, so I went silent. I did what I was told and set goals based on what everyone else expected of me.

This may sound shocking, but I never dreamed about going to the Olympics.

At just 16 years old, I was told that my back would never be the same again. My well-being had been neglected for the opportunity to win a gold medal.