MyKayla Skinner Quotes

MyKayla Skinner

Profession : Athlete

Birth : December 9, 1996

It's just so weird coming into the gym and not feeling like, you know, 'I'm going to die.' Before it was like, 'I've got to hit that routine or I'm going to get yelled at.' So it's just been really nice to kind of relax a little bit and be able to really focus on gymnastics and get to enjoy it more.

MyKayla Skinner

I am doing communications in journalism to do sports broadcasting. I'd love to go into that kind of stuff.

MyKayla Skinner

I feel like anytime I have a vacation, I'm stressed, or 'I got to go back in the gym,' like I'm going to miss so much time that I need to be working on improving.

MyKayla Skinner

For me, I'm just really excited to have a life.

MyKayla Skinner

I think it's so cool to show that age is just a number, and that anything is possible if you work hard and dream for it.

MyKayla Skinner

In the end, there's more than just gymnastics.

MyKayla Skinner

I finally get to be an Olympian.

MyKayla Skinner

I'm 24, which I know doesn't sound very old. But in the world of gymnastics it is. The Tokyo Games are my last shot to compete as a gymnast for Team USA, and my last shot at winning a gold medal.

MyKayla Skinner

I knew I would try for the Tokyo Olympics back in 2016. I was sitting in the stands as an alternate at the Rio Olympics, watching my teammates compete and thinking to myself, 'That could have been me.'

MyKayla Skinner

After Rio, I joined the gymnastics team at the University of Utah. It was a hard transition, because I've always competed in elite gymnastics, where we throw big skills. In college, you don't get any points for difficulty, but once I got the hang of it, it was a piece of cake.

MyKayla Skinner

I'm usually high energy and super crazy.

MyKayla Skinner

I survived, but I wanted to give up so many times.

MyKayla Skinner

The Olympics are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I've worked so hard to get this far.

MyKayla Skinner