Shannon Miller
Shannon Miller
Shannon Lee Milleris a former artistic gymnast from Edmond, Oklahoma. She was the 1993 and 1994 World All-Around Champion, the 1996 Olympics balance beam gold medalist, the 1995 Pan Am Games all-around champion, and a member of the gold medal-winning Magnificent Seven team at the Atlanta Olympics. The winner of a combined total of 16 World Championships and Olympic medals between 1991 and 1996, Miller ranks as the most decorated gymnast, male or female, in U.S. history. Miller was also...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGymnast
Date of Birth10 March 1977
CityRolla, MO
CountryUnited States of America
I'm not fascinated by one particular case, but by knowledge that I had no idea was out there.
We have to get jobs to support ourselves. We can't sit around for six months like it's vacation.
I'm an athlete rep, so I'll be available if they need me for anything
I want to bring more gymnastics on television.
If you want to take it up a step and aim to become a competitive gymnast, you have to be mentally strong and prepared to take on the workload of going to the gym every day, rain or shine.
I think that to be a competitive athlete, you have to be goal-oriented.
There are parents, siblings, teachers and friends, but counting on them to motivate you isn't fair. They've all got their own lives, and while the may be able to help you out, if you can motivate yourself, then you're golden.
Goals have to be realistic and flexible.
Go into the sport because you have fun doing it, not because of 'what ifs' and dreams of gold medals. That way, no matter what happens, you win.
We typically don't choose our athletes until about a month prior to the Games because anything can happen.
And we realized that it was kind of a starting point for gymnastics, to go professional, and also to just get a lot more of the audiences in the arenas on the off years, in the years that we're not in the Olympics.
There is always going to be a reason why you can't do something; your job is to constantly look for the reasons why you can achieve your dreams.