Shannon Miller is a previous American artistic gymnast, most referred to as Globe All-Around Champion (in 1993 as well as 1994), as well as Olympics equilibrium beam gold medalist in 1996.
Quickly after her birth, her moms and dads moved to Edmond, Oklahoma. At age five she started there with the gymnastics and also the age of nine, she was educating with Steve Nunno. Her initial major championship was the Gymnastics World Championships in 1991 in Indianapolis. After she had actually won there with the American team silver behind the Soviet team, she won silver on the irregular bars, where she was subject just to the North Korean Kim Gwang-Suk.
In 1992 she showed up in the Olympics in Barcelona and won with the American team bronze behind the group from the CIS and Romania. In the all-around racking up Miller won silver behind Tatiana Gutsu from the CIS. In the specific finals Miller won three medals: silver on beam behind Tatyana Lysenko and bronze on uneven bars and also flooring.
1993 and 1994, Miller was the very best gymnast worldwide and won the globe championship two years in the all over. She additionally won on the ground and on the irregular bars in Birmingham (1993), In 1994 she won gold on beam of light in Brisbane. Miller won the 1995 Pan American Games gold in the all over (in Mar del Plata), as well as on the floor and irregular bars, she got silver for her to jump workout.
In 1996, the U.S. team at the Olympic Games in Atlanta was cheered on by almost all of the 32,000 fans in the Georgia Dome, via making use of Kerri Strug, regardless of the injury showed her leaping exercise, they won the U.S. group gold. Miller ended up third in well-rounded and safe in 8th location, yet won on beam of light her second gold medal. 2006 Miller was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
Shannon Miller is a grad of the University of Houston in Business Administration and also a degree from the Boston College Law School. In October 2009, Miller has a son.
Our collection contains 32 quotes who is written / told by Shannon.
"I think it's really important to look at the big picture instead of just one competition"
"For the most part I'll probably do floor exercise and balance beam. Those are the two things that I do"
"The rate of childhood obesity is just ridiculous. Anytime I can get involved with teaching them how to get physical exercise, I want to help in any way possible"
"I love performing in front of an audience and seeing smiles on the kids' faces"
"Charles Barkley, I used to watch him growing up. Then I met him. He was a big teddy bear"
"At the Olympics, you there to do a job. I feel you should take it seriously. You should be respectful. You are putting on the red-white-and-blue and going out there to perform for your country"
"At an Olympics Game, you want to enjoy it, especially if you know it's going to be your last one"
"I got into law school to supplement my business background. I'm not planning to practice law"
"Gymnastics is the type of sport where you can't take something that gives you more energy. Something may be great for the vault, but then you have the bars after it and you have to be more sedate for that"
"Floor exercise, the longest you run is two or three steps. In the vault, it's not a whole lot more than that"
"It's been really good to have a goal and go after it. That feels good"
"I was always athletic and I could do a lot of things"
"I don't think I have the mileage on me to really complain of any injuries yet"
"Everyone has obstacles, and you're not going to have the right answer or do the right thing every single time"
"When you grow up on camera and in the public eye, you feel you have to put forth this image. I just took that to the extreme and there was a lot of pressure on me"
"I'm used to short distances and short bursts of energy; it was just fastest"
"I'm an athlete rep, so I'll be available if they need me for anything"
"I want to bring more gymnastics on television"
"I thought about running a marathon a long time ago, but I'm just not a runner"
"Gymnastics uses every single part of your body, every little tiny muscle that you never even knew"
"There's never going to be a system that is fair to everyone"
"I'm not fascinated by one particular case, but by knowledge that I had no idea was out there"
"I'm a competitor. I really enjoyed the race more than just going out and running to run"
"I will be talking with gymnasts from some of the other countries. I will be getting a feel for what they're thinking and what they're doing. It should be a really great meet"
"I can now successfully drive a stick. That's a huge accomplishment"
"When I go in to compete, whether it's gymnastics or anything else, I do my own thing. I compete with myself"
"In gymnastics, you have to be perfect every step along the way"
"In gymnastics, the longest routine you do is a minute and a half, and that's pretty tough to get through"
"I'm coming up on 30. There are other things that I want to pursue outside of just performing"
"Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself"
"My undergraduate degree is in business, so I'm trying to get a bit of a background before I go in"
"It's amazing to me that they're cutting physical education programs in the school systems"
