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" 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. "

Kristi Yamaguchi

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" Figure skaters have awful perceptions of hockey players. "

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

" Childhood reading is so important. "

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

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

" Training for the Olympics was a lifelong endeavor and took many years. "

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

Kristi Yamaguchi

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

" 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. "

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

" I'm a perfectionist. "

Kristi Yamaguchi

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" Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under pressure. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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 burnt myself out of skating. I was ready to focus on being a mom. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "