Carly Patterson
Carly Patterson
Carly Rae Patterson-Caldwell is an American singer and former artistic gymnast from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She is the 2004 Olympic all-around champion and a member of the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGymnast
Date of Birth4 February 1988
CityBaton Rouge, LA
CountryUnited States of America
american-athlete compete last meant time year
It meant a lot because it was my first time to compete as a senior at that meet, which was kind of weird because I've done senior all year, but I didn't get to compete last year because of my elbow.
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They wanted to hang out with me and take me snipe hunting, ... I'd never heard of it. I pictured myself running and swooping up birds. They told me to take a flashlight and make a clucking noise with my tongue and then see how many I could catch in a bag. I sat there for about thirty minutes clucking, going ' Cluck! Cluck! Cluck! ' Then I said, 'I kind of don't think this is real.'
american-athlete ask best chance goal ready
I want to do it for myself. It's my goal and dream. All I can ask for is to get the chance and go out there and do the best I can, be as ready as I can.
american-athlete nervous ready routines train
I'm not really nervous yet. There is nothing to be nervous about - just train your routines so that you're ready for the competition.
faster gym last life seemed train
It's so weird, ... Last summer, it seemed I'd never get to the Olympics. Life is going by faster now that I'm not in the gym much. I don't have to train at that same intensity.
asking came lately since trying
Since I came here, I've been lost, ... I am not asking for a handout, I just need some help. And that's what I've been trying to get lately - help.
people
People only know me as being a gymnast. It's kind of scary.
best
I'll always remember; it was the best day of my life.