Michelle Kwan Quotes

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• Winning is not about how many medals you get-it's about accomplishing goals and just being the best you can be!

  Michelle Kwan

  Motivational, Winning, Goal

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• I didn't lose the gold. I won the silver.

  Michelle Kwan

  Positive, Sports, Winning

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• Literally falling on the ice and having to pick yourself up in front of thousands of people is not an easy thing to do. The thing that you learn is to pick yourself back up, to learn from your mistakes.

  Michelle Kwan

  Sports, Mistake, Fall

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• I don't know secret to success, but I'm pretty sure the closest thing is preparation

  Michelle Kwan

  Preparation, Secret, Knows

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• When I look at the kids training today... I can tell which ones are going to do well. It's not necessarily the ones who have the most natural talent or who fall the least. Sometimes it's the kids who fall the most, and keep pulling themselves up and trying again.

  Michelle Kwan

  Meaningful, Perseverance, Fall

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• The one who wins all the time is great and powerful, but the one who had been trampled on and fallen is who I admire the most

  Michelle Kwan

  Powerful, Winning, Admire

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• If you have nothing in life but a good friend, you're rich.

  Michelle Kwan

  Good Friend, Rich, Ifs

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• Don't focus on the negative things that can happen, just think about the positive things.

  Michelle Kwan

  Thinking, Focus, Negative

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• Work hard, be yourself, and have fun!

  Michelle Kwan

  Being Yourself, Fun, Hard Work

  Michelle Kwan (1998). “My book of memories: a photo diary”

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• Skating is in my heart, not my head

  Michelle Kwan

  Heart, Skating, My Heart

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• 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.

  Michelle Kwan

  Thinking, Body, Sometimes

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

  Michelle Kwan

  Skating, Legends, Figures

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• At 13, I was fearless. I looked at everything so positive. When you're older and been through it all, you know how bad it can get. There is a fear of failing.

  Michelle Kwan

  Fearless, Failing, Know How

  "Graceful Kwan still seeking gold" by Bob Phillips, www.espn.com.

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• 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.

  Michelle Kwan

  Regret, Mistake, Fall

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Michelle Kwan

  Fun, School, Kids

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Skating has given me so much that it's priceless.

  Michelle Kwan

  Skating, Priceless, Given

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I needed to turn off the negative voice in my head - I was psyching myself out.

  Michelle Kwan

  Voice, Negative, Turns

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• I got a call this morning, and it was from Nancy Kerrigan, wishing me luck. She wished me luck and sent me all her good wishes.

  Michelle Kwan

  Morning, Luck, Wish

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• As I've gotten older and grown more independent, I think for myself, and that's how it should be.

  Michelle Kwan

  Independent, Thinking, Should

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Michelle Kwan

  Body, Want, Train

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I skated like it's a sport, went for everthing and just gave it my best shot. It turned out freat. I had nothing to lose. You might be the best in your heart, but not in other people's sight.

  Michelle Kwan

  Sports, Heart, Sight

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• 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.

  Michelle Kwan

  Ice, Cds, Skating

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Michelle Kwan

  Competition, Emotion, Cry

  "Cool on the ice". www.cnn.com.

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• It's incredible. Nine? Wow. I just remember winning my first one, getting the medal and the plate, the pin with the diamond for first place. My ninth title, I have no answer for that because I never thought it would be possible.

  Michelle Kwan

  Winning, Titles, Would Be

  "Graceful Kwan still seeking gold" by Bob Phillips, www.espn.com.

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• When I look back at the world championships, I know there's a lot of room for improvement, I'm always up for a challenge. The Olympics, they don't define me, I've had some good and some bad. But it's all about the Olympic experience.

  Michelle Kwan

  Athlete, Challenges, Looks

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