Tasha Smith Quotes (3 Quotes)

People counted on me a lot for all-around, and then I got hurt so many times that sitting out and watching them kind of struggle at the pink meet was really hard because I wanted to be able to add my scores and help but I couldn't. Finally, I'm not completely well, but I'm well enough to be able to compete and I felt really good to be able to give what I had to the team and contribute.

Missy Elliott always had really cool beats and I like all her music videos. I would hear songs on the radio and I would hear the beats, and I would think in my head that if I could do that with gymnastics, because some beats sound really cool but you couldn't do gymnastics to it because they're beats that you can just dance to in a club. In gymnastics, you have to be able to breathe and move at the same time.

Now she looks likes she's relaxing. When she's having fun, I'm having fun. At the meets, if she looks like she's starting to get nervous, I'm like, Jami, calm down.' And she's like, Right.' She just gets it done.