MyKayla Skinner Quotes

MyKayla Skinner

Profession : Athlete

Birth : December 9, 1996

I couldn't even think about elite gymnastics for a while. It was definitely good for me to try something different.

MyKayla Skinner

I know a lot of people say why rush to get married. But he's definitely the one and definitely a keeper.

MyKayla Skinner

It was hard being an alternate for the third time. But for me, it was OK because I made the World team and looking back five months ago, I didn't think I'd have that opportunity.

MyKayla Skinner

You never know what anyone's going through, and you always want to be there and be that teammate to support them.

MyKayla Skinner

Going to college, I definitely got that experience of having to be there for your team and you definitely learn that that is really important.

MyKayla Skinner

Worlds helped me me boost my confidence up a lot actually. It made me a bigger, better, stronger gymnast.

MyKayla Skinner

I've been working hard on my form.

MyKayla Skinner

I'm doing extra stretching and more leaps and turns. Working on toe points. I'm working hard on it.

MyKayla Skinner

The whole time I was in Rio, I probably cried every single night.

MyKayla Skinner

The Olympics should be something so special, but I feel like it was definitely miserable at times.

MyKayla Skinner

While I love college gymnastics, I'd like to try and compete for my country.

MyKayla Skinner

I see the opportunity to pursue an Olympic berth as a chance of a lifetime.

MyKayla Skinner

I have to be grateful I am in the gym. I'm just trying to plug away as much as I can before it might come to a point where I can't be in the gym at all.

MyKayla Skinner

A year does go by kind of fast.

MyKayla Skinner

Being married has been the best thing ever.

MyKayla Skinner

I just want to make my dreams come true.

MyKayla Skinner

There's a lot of pressure being an Olympic athlete.

MyKayla Skinner

I got to be calm, but I mean, it's the Olympics. Anybody wants to go out and do their best, so it's definitely a different kind of pressure.

MyKayla Skinner

Nobody's perfect. I feel like I can handle the pressure pretty well, even though sometimes I feel like I'm psyching myself out a little bit.

MyKayla Skinner

A lot of people don't get to see the behind-the-scenes of what we go through and what it's like. We aren't perfect people. Everyone on social media is like, 'They're so perfect, they have their life together, gymnastics looks so easy.' We work our butts off to get to where we are.

MyKayla Skinner