Kristi Yamaguchi Quotes (38 quotes)

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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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„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.“
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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.“
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„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.“
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„This experience has been once in a lifetime.“
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„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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„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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„The past couple years training with Kurt have really brought inspiration into my skating.“
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„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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„I've had a lot more fun with the training.“
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„I'm a perfectionist.“
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„I burnt myself out of skating. I was ready to focus on being a mom.“
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„Childhood reading is so important.“
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„As a teenager especially, I just wanted to do my thing and not be noticed.“
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„My experience at the 1992 Winter Olympics was my fulfillment of dreaming the Impossible Dream.“
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„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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„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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„I never wanted to feel I hadn't worked hard enough.“
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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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„Before turning pro, I would never have just left my skates sitting in the locker room unattended.“

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Kristi Yamaguchi
Author born: July 12, 1971
Nationality: American
Author Profession: Athlete

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