Severine Reid

I would say my mom first of all because I would not be anywhere that I am now without her. Also my coaches that I grew up with. Those were kind of like my second parents to me. Without them I probably wouldn't have stayed in gymnastics because they were the ones that really pushed to make it more affordable for my mom. I also just wouldn't have learned a lot of stuff about myself without my coaches. They pushed me sometimes to points where I was just kind of like oh my gosh you're bullying me but it kind of turned into a learning moment for me where I learned that it was tough love. I learned so much about myself, so much about how much I can really handle and just how strong I am. That's why I love the sport so much and I really love my coaches so much because they really taught me how to push myself to a point where I understand that I'm able to do it.

The best advice career advice and honestly I use this advice like day to day is to not let your failures push you back to let them push you forward. That really stuck with me because I had a back injury when I was a junior and I fractured my spine. It was really hard on me because I really wanted to do college gymnastics. But then one of my coach's wife told me you know to not let these types of failures or what you might think are failures push you back. Like let them push you forward you know see what might not have worked and try to find something else that will work for you now.

I would just tell them to believe in yourself and not think that just because something looks hard just because something feels hard automatically means that you can't do it. And I would also say just push yourself you know not too much to the point where you burn out but try to push yourself a little bit because at the end of the day you will feel so good about yourself. Just never forget how much power you have not only as just a young adult but also because you're a woman. We already have that built in us the power of being a woman and the power of being young so use it and take that to your full advantage.

I would say being open to new people and experiences. Because in life you're gonna meet new people and you're gonna have new experiences and also in gymnastics you're gonna meet new people every single day. Also I would say something else that's very big to me is just treating everybody the way you wanted to be treated like I know that's the golden rule but I really do live by that. That you will get treated the way that you treat someone else. Especially in my coaching I see these young kids and I think back to what I would have wanted to have seen from a coach when I was their age.