Aly Raisman

Alexandra Rose Raisman (born May 25, 1994) is a retired American artistic gymnast and two-time Olympian. She was captain of both the 2012 "Fierce Five" and 2016 "Final Five" U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics teams, which won their respective team competitions.

Quotes

• What my mom would say to me is that people will remember who you are, for the kind of person you are, rather than what grade you get on a test, or if you win a soccer game or a basketball game.
• Your teammates will remember you for the type of teammate you were. I think who you are when you don't win and how you support your teammates says so much more about you than who you are when you win
• I had no idea how much support I would receive or how much support so many of my teammates and other brave people who spoke out would get
• The more that we can be honest and talk about if we're struggling, or we're feeling self-conscious, and we can normalize that conversation, I think we'd be surprised how many other people actually feel self-conscious, too,
  • Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman speaks on her gymnastics career, mental health in Delta Gamma lectureship, The Chronicle, 24 October 2023 by Lara Kendall