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Cathy Rigby Biography

Cathleen Roxanne Rigby (later Mason, later McCoy, born December 12, 1952), known as Cathy Rigby, is an actress, speaker, and former artistic gymnast. Her performance in the 1968 Summer Olympics helped to popularize the sport of gymnastics in the United States.

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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.

Acting, Allows, Fear, Letting Go, Losing

Actually, performing is a lot like golf. You are alone, so vulnerable.

Golf, Like, Performing, Vulnerable

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.

Gymnastics, Hair, Pigtails, School

Flying is such a joy. You just want to hoot.

Flying, Hoot, Joy, Want

An athlete learns how to hold her breath, but that doesn't work in singing. You have to learn to relax.

Athlete, Breath, Learn, Learns, Relax, Singing

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.

Competition, Growing Up, Image, Maintain, Sports, Youth

The thing I received from Girl Scouts more than anything else was a sense of real teamwork and working for the community, helping others, and it was not competitive. I remember working as a group to achieve a goal or to help the community. There was a great sense of accomplishment in that.

Girl, Goal, Help, Real, Received, Teamwork

Nowadays a gold medal is a $1 million contract. Our athletes are our heroes.

Athlete, Athletes, Contract, Gold, Hero, Heroes

Seeing the show is like a visit to the fountain of youth for parents and the children.

Children, Parent, Parents, Visit, Youth

There's no disgrace in failure, the disgrace is not to try.

Disgrace, Failure, Leadership, Sports, Trying

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.

Bed, Climb, Hurt, Open, Parent, Parents

It's really hard to separate fantasy from reality.

Fantasy, Hard, Reality

I have three dogs and a cockatoo.

Cockatoo, Dog, Dogs, Three, Three Dog

I will jump into most any role.

Jump, Role, Roles

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.

Athlete, Hard Work, Helped, Theater, Thinking, Work

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.

Beautiful, Gymnastics, Know, Machinelike, Refute, Sports