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" Cyclists, I work with a number of cyclists. They are great athletes; they are great aerobic athletes. If you ask them to hit a baseball or golf ball, they can't do that. "
Number
Baseball
Work
" Heck, gold medals, what can you do with them? "
You
Heck
Medals
" I didn't get into skating to be famous. "
Skating
Famous
Get
" I'd rather get a nice warmup suit. That's something I can use. Gold medals just sit there. When I get old, maybe I could sell them if I need the money. "
Nice
Old
Need
" I have a very close friendship with the skaters. "
Friendship
Close
Very
" I mean you got to thank your parents for giving you the right genes. "
Right
You
Thankful
" Immediately after the Olympics, I was pretty fatigued. "
Pretty
After
Immediately
" I'm not a big fan of those who are egotistical and so outspoken. "
Egotistical
Big Fan
Big
" In general, I enjoy athletes who have a strong character who let their abilities speak for themselves. "
Character
Strong
Enjoy
" I really liked it best when I was a nobody. "
Nobody
Really
Best
" It's not a sport you get famous at. If I wanted to be famous, I would have stuck with hockey. "
Stuck
You
Wanted
" I would recommend anybody who gets a chance to see short track skating, make it a point to go out there when Apolo is skating because you won't see anybody better. "
You
Chance
Go
" One thing is having skated five of the best races I've probably could have skated. It was nice to peak at the right time and to do it in an important time in somebody's career. "
Important
Career
Best
" Sports and politics don't mix. "
Sports
Mix
Politics
" Then going out on the ice usually about 15 minutes before and certain things I would do for the different races, aspects that you run through your mind. "
Different
Going
You
" They're just big in the eyes of the American public. "
Public
Just
American
" We had a party with the rest of the skaters in our trailer and then the next day we were off to see Jimmy Carter. And then we had the World Championships the next weekend, so not a lot of chance to catch up. "
Day
Rest
World
" We never did a lot of weights, but a lot of repetitions. The most I would use doing squats was 300 pounds. "
Most
Doing
Weights
" We used to lift weights a couple of times a week, we did a lot of running. I enjoyed the variety. "
Lot
Variety
Used
" When I was skating you had to participate in every thing. "
You
Skating
Had
" You don't really want to load up a whole lot, probably anything more than four hours before the race. I needed something to make me feel full, but I certainly didn't want it to make me feel stuffed. "
You
Feel
Me
" You got to get lucky because it lasts for a week and a lot of things can happen in a week. "
Got
Happen
Lucky
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