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Cathy Rigby quotes

American Athlete December 12, 1952

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Cathy Rigby quote: "I never realized until recently how much my life parallels..."
I never realized until recently how much my life parallels Peter Pan. Cathy Rigby
There's so much denial in gymnastics. It's a beautiful sport but the other part is numbing. You become machinelike. They'll refute this, but I've been around it. I know. Cathy Rigby
I would climb on roofs and jump off using my parents' bed sheet, hoping it would open like a parachute. I was always getting hurt, breaking a leg, you know, bruising, cracking my head open. Cathy Rigby
So it really does have a sort of bittersweet quality. Kids like to have adventures and to believe they can fly, but there's also that fear about people leaving you. Cathy Rigby
Acting allows me the freedom to let go, to be in the moment, to be spontaneous. I no longer have the fear of losing, of failure. Cathy Rigby
I remember secretly going off and crying. All of a sudden I'm being blocked and have to be intimate in a scene, and I'm going, 'I can't even look people in the eye very well. How am I ever going to do this?' Cathy Rigby
Cathy Rigby quote: "You see your peers weighing 80 pounds and you think, 'Oh, my..."
You see your peers weighing 80 pounds and you think, 'Oh, my God, I've got to be 80 pounds or I'll fail.' Cathy Rigby
Cathy Rigby quote: "Actually, performing is a lot like golf. You are alone, so..."
Actually, performing is a lot like golf. You are alone, so vulnerable. Cathy Rigby
It's that athlete's obsessiveness - the need to prove yourself and work harder than anybody else. I think it's what helped me do well in the theater. Cathy Rigby
Cathy Rigby quote: "An athlete learns how to hold her breath, but that doesn't..."
An athlete learns how to hold her breath, but that doesn't work in singing. You have to learn to relax. Cathy Rigby
Cathy Rigby quote: "Seeing the show is like a visit to the fountain of youth for..."
Seeing the show is like a visit to the fountain of youth for parents and the children. Cathy Rigby
I grew up in a sport that didn't allow you to grow up. There was always the threat of younger competition. So you had to maintain the image of youth. Cathy Rigby
Cathy Rigby quote: "I've been able to play a kid up to this point and pretend that..."
I've been able to play a kid up to this point and pretend that I'm not a grown-up - well, at least for two hours a night! Cathy Rigby
In high school I never went to the prom because I was too consumed with gymnastics. Also, with my hair in pigtails and looking about 10, I wasn't exactly date material. Cathy Rigby
Cathy Rigby quote: "I have three dogs and a cockatoo."
I have three dogs and a cockatoo. Cathy Rigby

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