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" I've always worked closely with the designers and whoever's making the costumes. Comfort is the last thing you want on your mind when you're competing. In an ideal situation, you'll have something where you'll put it on and you're fine and you don't have to worry about it at all. "

Kristi Yamaguchi

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Mind

Comfort

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" 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. "

" 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. "

Kristi Yamaguchi

I Am

Home

" This experience has been once in a lifetime. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Kristi Yamaguchi

Shy

Freedom

" I'm always looking for inspiring ways to stay motivated and stay active. "

" The past couple years training with Kurt have really brought inspiration into my skating. "

" Winning in women's singles felt surreal. I felt that everything I had done - the hard work, the tough times - was all worth it. "

" The good feeling I get from contributing rivals anything I felt on the Olympic stand in Albertville. "

" My experience at the 1992 Winter Olympics was my fulfillment of dreaming the Impossible Dream. "

" I'd try to channel my nervous energy in a positive way into strength and endurance. It didn't always work. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Before turning pro, I would never have just left my skates sitting in the locker room unattended. "

" I've had a lot more fun with the training. "

Kristi Yamaguchi

Training

Had

" I'm a perfectionist. "

Kristi Yamaguchi

Perfectionist

" I never wanted to feel I hadn't worked hard enough. "

" As a teenager especially, I just wanted to do my thing and not be noticed. "

" Childhood reading is so important. "

" 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. "

" In terms of my career, having the gold definitely changed my life. The Olympics are different, you know? They're every four years and it's such a small group. "

" 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. "

" I didn't want to skate for someone else or for certain marks. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Growing up as an athlete, I started skating very young. My parents didn't know anything about the sport, so they went with the flow. I had two great coaches who gave great advice and gave guidelines for my parents. My parents let the coaches dictate what was going on on the ice. "