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" The biggest lessons I learned were probably the times where I had the biggest setbacks and the biggest challenges - when I had the biggest jumps forward and lessons learned. "

Michelle Kwan

Setbacks

Challenges

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Michelle Kwan

Soothing

Actually

" You see figure skaters fall all the time. It's the way you pick yourself back up and keep going. "

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Michelle Kwan

Think

Older

" I always thought after 2002 that I'd hang up my skates and turn professional and just go on tour and do shows. But I don't know when it is enough. I mean, I still enjoy it. I'm the luckiest girl alive that I get to perform in front of thousands of people, do what I love doing. "

" When I was younger, I always dreamed of being a legend, to be remembered in figure skating. "

" I had dreamed of being at the Olympics since I was 7 years old. "

" You can always say, 'I wish I had landed that triple flip better, or I wish I didn't fall.' They're not regrets, just mistakes. "

" What I love the most is getting on the ice and just popping in a fabulous CD and skating - all by myself, the rink completely empty, just me and the music. "

" Skating takes up 70 percent of my time, school about 25 percent. Having fun and talking to my friends, 5 percent. It's hard. I envy other kids a lot of things, but I get a guilt trip when I'm not training. "

" Sometimes my body is aching, but I always think, 'Why am I in this? Why do I love it so much?' That's what makes me persevere, that's what makes me keep on going. "

" There's a lot of emotions that always come out after a skate of a lifetime. I always start crying because there is so much buildup to that competition. "

" In figure skating, you have four minutes to do your best. It's your time; you do your best. "

" Because I'm pushing my body so hard already, the last thing I want to do is have music that's really too strong, in my head. "

" I would just love to be able to give back to figure skating. "

" I look back at 1993 or 1994 when I made it to the National Championships, and I was on used skates and handmade or borrowed costumes. But my mom was there every step of the way for me: she was the one traveling with me all over the world at age 13. "

Michelle Kwan

Age

Look

" I want to see how far I can train. I have to see how far my body will go. "

" Maybe I didn't get new skates, but I got used skates. I made it to the national championships in used skates that were custom-made for another girl. I still have those skates. Underneath the arch, there was a name crossed out and my dad had 'Michelle Kwan' written in. Granted, they were a little big, but it worked. "

" To represent your country is an honor and a great experience. "