Everybody recognises that giving young people competitive outlet through sport is a very good thing.
I told myself after 2008 that I was done for good. But they say you can't keep a gymnast away from her sport.
I had this inferiority complex as a child, as I was not good at speaking. I was also not good in studies or sports and would often flunk in four-five subjects.
Our philosophy precedes from the belief that sport is an inalienable part of the educational process and a factor for promoting peace, friendship, cooperation and understanding among peoples.
I love sport as long as it's kept as an entertainment - not a meaning of life.
Since childhood, sports has been one of the most important influences in my life.
I actually love pressure. I loved playing sport at school in front of a crowd; I love being on stage in front of a big audience. I buzz off that.
I played basketball in high school, and I love watching sports - I'll watch everything except maybe hockey.
I definitely like to stay active. I'm a huge fan of the NBA and the sport of basketball. I love to play pick-up games in Brooklyn where I live.
I don't see many people as heroes and, though I love sport, I believe athletes rarely deserve that praise.
I love sports. Whenever I can, I always watch the Detroit Tigers on the radio.
There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.
I actually ended up in fashion as opposed to sport because I needed the money. And it turned out that it tapped all my skills.
What's endlessly complicated in thinking about women's gymnastics is the way that vulnerability and power are threaded through the sport.
In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.
I'm in the perfect position. It's a sports position and a political position where I can help better the lives of athletes around the world.
Of course, in our grade school, in those days, there were no organized sports at all. We just went out and ran around the school yard for recess.
I think track is still one of the most exciting participant sports, but we haven't been able to capitalize on that excitement through television and the print media.
Being recognised by Guinness World Records in their 60th year is a real honour. It's also a real privilege for me to be positioned beside such sporting greats.
What's more important than who's going to be the first black manager is who's going to be the first black sports editor of the New York Times.
I have no problem with battling for a position. I have no problem trying to beat somebody out. It's a sport, competition, so I'm used to it.
