7 Quotes by Svetlana khorkina

Id like to work for the International Gymnastics Federation. These competitions have shown the sport needs a lot of changes. It should be judged primarily on grace, elegance and beauty rather than simply on mechanic tumbling.

I knew well in advance, even before I stepped on the stage for my first event, that I was going to lose

I'm very easy to see on the podium because everyone else is small!

It should be judged primarily on grace, elegance and beauty rather than simply on mechanic tumbling.

I knew well in advance even before I stepped on the stage for my first event that I was going to lose.

This is how [the] sport has contributed to my personality, toughness and discipline. I have a plan, and I work on it. I was going to add [the] before the word sport since I thought was either a typo or a problem translating what she said, but then I thought it made sense without it too , so I left it as is. Just know that that's not a typo on my part.

I’m very easy to see on the podium because everyone else is small!