“You stand up in the saddle, do a somersault off, hit the ground, come up and split the neck and then go down for a single vault and back into the saddle. It was a lot of fun.”
Wilma Hybarger
“Even the fall of a dancer is a somersault”
Singhalese Proverb
“When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.”
Stephen Fry
“They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that harness for the first time. The courage came with practice.”
Donald O'Connor
“John Hall recovers a fumble, does a somersault, spikes the ball and goes out and chokes on a big kick his next play. I thought that was beautiful.”
Grant Wistrom
“Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Who rides slow, must saddle betimes”
German Proverb
