18 quotes
"Most injuries in tumbling are a result of crappy landings. Yet it’s the aspect most people ignore to train."
- Sahil M
Awareness
"You need to treat your handstand with the same amount of respect you give to a double twist."
- Sahil M
Balance
"When you aren’t coachable, you’ve instantly blocked yourself off from progress."
- Sahil M
Personal Growth
"Show me a tumbler that is 100% fearless and I’ll show you someone who’s going to bust in the very near future."
- Sahil M
Courage
"Conditioning can change bodies, technique can be taught, but what I can’t do is teach you how to have the passion."
- Sahil M
Motivation
"Being called talented was never a compliment to me – it was an insult. Because it discredited the hard work and sacrifice I put in by assuming I came out of the womb doing double fulls"
- Sahil M
Hard Work
"It is only when you fall in love with repetition that you’ll start to enjoy results."
- Sahil M
Success
"The best way to stay mediocre is to assume that you were never meant to be great to begin with"
- Sahil M
Success
"The day your coach stops giving you shit and pushing you to your limits is the day you know they stopped caring"
- Sahil M
Leadership
"You build a house by laying down one brick at a time. So why in the world would you “huck” an new skill without progressions?"
- Sahil M
Growth
"Give me someone who can barely do a cartwheel but has the right attitude, and I’ll give you a level 5 tumbler within 2 years flat."
- Sahil M
Belief in Self
"It doesn’t matter if you can barely do a cartwheel to save your life, if you WANT to be a tumbler, it is never too late."
- Sahil M
Aspirations
"There are two ways you can become the best: you can put everyone else down, or you can build yourself up to your highest potential"
- Sahil M
Ambition
"There comes a point where you need to stop analyzing things and go fall on your ass a few times. Just so you can pick yourself back up and realize that failure is no big deal"
- Sahil M
Failure
"When you train to be the best on the worst possible day, you’ll perform you best in any possible situation"
- Sahil M
Determination
"You need to fix your attitude before you fix your technique"
- Sahil M
Self-improvement
"Getting good at tumbling isn’t about fear elimination, it’s about fear management. Because it never goes away."
- Sahil M
Facing Fears
"I’ve only ever heard the phrase ‘i don’t care about winning’ by those that lost, and the phrase ‘money is the root of all evil’ by those that are broke. Interesting that."
- Sahil M
Philosophy