Kristi Yamaguchi Quotes

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• An athlete gains so much knowledge by just participating in a sport. Focus, discipline, hard work, goal setting and, of course, the thrill of finally achieving your goals. These are all lessons in life.

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  Sports, Life Lesson, Hard Work

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• Every day, someone realizes a dream. I believe dreams help light our darkness and give us the push we need to move across the rink of life.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Sports, Dream, Believe

  Kristi Yamaguchi (1998). “Always Dream”, Taylor Pub

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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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  Fun, Heart, People

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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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  Adversity, Past, Knowing

  "'92 Olympian Yamaguchi balances road, family" by Suzanne Riss, www.cnn.com. February 23, 2010.

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

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Enough, Feels, Wanted

  "'92 Olympian Yamaguchi balances road, family" by Suzanne Riss, www.cnn.com. February 23, 2010.

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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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  Safe Haven, Emotional, Self

  "'92 Olympian Yamaguchi balances road, family". Interview with Suzanne Riss, www.cnn.com. February 23, 2010.

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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.

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  Trying, Endurance, Energy

  "'92 Olympian Yamaguchi balances road, family". Interview with Suzanne Riss, www.cnn.com. February 23, 2010.

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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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  Thinking, Giving, Goal

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• Once you have a child, your heart is forever outside your body. I totally understand that now.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Children, Heart, Forever

  "'92 Olympian Yamaguchi balances road, family" by Suzanne Riss, www.cnn.com. February 23, 2010.

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

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  Way, Motivated, Stay Motivated

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• 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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  Mom, Kids, Games

  "'92 Olympian Yamaguchi balances road, family". Interview with Suzanne Riss, www.cnn.com. February 23, 2010.

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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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  Shoes, Legs, Week

  "Kristi Yamaguchi: Olympic Medalist, Fitness Guru And Mom". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 26, 2011.

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

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  Teenager, Wanted

  "'92 Olympian Yamaguchi balances road, family". Interview with Suzanne Riss, www.cnn.com. February 23, 2010.

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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.

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  Motivational, Athlete, Body

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• Childhood reading is so important.

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  Reading, Childhood, Important

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• 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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  Dream, Struggle, Kids

  "'92 Olympian Yamaguchi balances road, family". Interview with Suzanne Riss, www.cnn.com. February 23, 2010.

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

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Years, Training, Olympics

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• I feel like I missed out on the regular high school social life, but that's the way I chose to be.

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  School, Way, Social

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• The skaters a lot of times do their own hair and makeup before they compete. That was always kind of a ritual...that calming, quiet time where you can just do your hair and makeup. And then I would always lace up my right skate before my left one.

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  Makeup, Hair, Lace

  Source: www.glamour.com

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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.

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  Numbers, Important, Viruses

  "Kristi Yamaguchi, Olympic Ice Skater, Pushes Seasonal Flu Shots" by Amanda Gardner, abcnews.go.com. August 29, 2009.

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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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  Mother, Wife, Wives And Mothers

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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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  Two, Three, Planets

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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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  Years, Careers, Gold

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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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  Trying My Hardest, Long, Support

  "'92 Olympian Yamaguchi balances road, family" by Suzanne Riss, www.cnn.com. February 23, 2010.

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

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  Feelings, Rivals, Good Feeling

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