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" I didn't want to skate for someone else or for certain marks. "
Kristi Yamaguchi
Someone
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" As a professional, I think we're not being judged solely on technical ability anymore. People really want to be entertained and enjoy what they're watching. "
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" Dorothy Hamill was my big idol as a kid. She'd won the Olympics in 1976. She was America's sweetheart with her personality, her talent, her haircut. "
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Talent
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" Figure skaters have awful perceptions of hockey players. "
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" As a teenager especially, I just wanted to do my thing and not be noticed. "
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" At 6 years old, the ice became a place for me to express myself. Because I was so shy off the ice, it became my safe haven, with music and freedom and self-expression. That was my emotional outlet. "
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" Probably a few weeks after I was born I started having casts put on my legs to straighten them out. After that corrective shoes and with a brace in between. "
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" Training for the Olympics was a lifelong endeavor and took many years. "
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" I learned to put 100 percent into what you're doing. I learned about setting goals for yourself, knowing where you want to be and taking small steps toward those goals. I learned about adversity and how to get past it. "
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Goals
Past
" Before turning pro, I would never have just left my skates sitting in the locker room unattended. "
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Room
Sitting
Left
" Skating was something I really wanted to do; my parents knew nothing about it. They said they'd support me as long as I was trying my hardest and enjoying it. "
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Support
Trying
Parents
" There are two or three performances in your life that are absolutely on, where all the planets are lined up for you and you feel you're invincible. "
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You
Two
Life
" I always try to start out with some type of goal. Then I work backward and think of what I need to do to get there, and give myself smaller goals that are more immediate. "
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Start
Goals
" The past couple years training with Kurt have really brought inspiration into my skating. "
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Past
Inspiration
Years
" Now, I am thrilled to be a wife and mother, and I hope to be as good of a mother as my own mother, Carole. "
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Mother
My Own
I Am
" I don't know how many people really knew who I was before the Olympics and that's the fun thing of the Olympics - you get to know someone who captures your heart, hopefully. "
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People
Someone
You
" I've realized how precious life is. When I was younger, I was more adventurous. I felt invincible. I was game for everything. As a mom, I don't want to get injured because then I can't take care of my kids. "
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Life
Mom
Take Care
" Having achieved my own dreams, I want to give to kids who are less fortunate, who struggle with everyday obstacles. I want to give them something positive in their lives: support. "
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Dreams
Support
Own
" Childhood reading is so important. "
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Important
Childhood
Reading
" I've had a lot more fun with the training. "
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Training
Had
More
" I'm a perfectionist. "
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Perfectionist
" I never wanted to feel I hadn't worked hard enough. "
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Enough
Feel
Hard
" This experience has been once in a lifetime. "
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Lifetime
Once
Been
" I'm kind of a homebody. My husband says I like to just stay home and do nothing, but that's just how I am. "
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I Am
Home
Like
" One of my mottos not only just in skating but in life in general and I try to enforce it as well, is like no regrets and just like going for it. "
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No Regrets
Life
Try
" I'd try to channel my nervous energy in a positive way into strength and endurance. It didn't always work. "
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Try
Work
Endurance
" I don't mind the sparkle - I think it's kind of a tradition in skating. I don't think the men really need sparkles, but for the women it's part of the glamour of our sport. "
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Mind
Think
Men
" Winning in women's singles felt surreal. I felt that everything I had done - the hard work, the tough times - was all worth it. "
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Women
Tough Times
Work
" With 30,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations from the seasonal flu, those numbers are certainly higher than what we've seen of the swine flu. Protecting yourself from both viruses is very important. "
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Flu
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Seen
" I burnt myself out of skating. I was ready to focus on being a mom. "
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Mom
Myself
" The good feeling I get from contributing rivals anything I felt on the Olympic stand in Albertville. "
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Rivals
Anything
Feeling