Latest Apolo Ohno Quotes from Interviews

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• When you watch a tea ceremony, every single movement, every single gesture is very calculated. It's very precise, and it's all protocol. It's all a part of the system. And it's almost like they've sacrificed every single thing to make that perfect. It's like their craft.

  Apolo Ohno

  Perfect, Tea, Watches

  Source: www.pbs.org

• The older I get, the more and more I notice I'm like my father. It's funny, because when I was younger I tried to just back away from my father as much as I could, and some of the philosophies, some of the life lessons, some of the beliefs that he had within me are always constantly ongoing, and they're always prevalent in my life, whether it's trying to be every single thing that I can be in my sport or life or relationship or business, whatever avenue I'm pursuing.

  Apolo Ohno

  Sports, Father, Philosophy

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I think so many times we focus so much on just the end result when when we finally reach that point we realize that was never the true goal. That was never really what it was all about.

  Apolo Ohno

  Thinking, Goal, Focus

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I think in general, people look at all Olympic athletes, look at all superstar athletes, and they say, "Okay, this guy doesn't have any insecurities." They're almost like these icons who - I don't know how to say it, but like they can't make mistakes. But the reality is, and I'll tell you this firsthand, a lot of great athletes have a lot of insecurities, and they have a really hard time dealing with a lot of so-called losing or however you want to classify it.

  Apolo Ohno

  Mistake, Athlete, Hard Times

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I think we should all be pursuing something of zero regrets, and how do we become greater than we were yesterday.

  Apolo Ohno

  Zero, Regret, Thinking

  Source: www.pbs.org

• Every single experience, every single thing that's happened in my life, struggle, obstacle, trials and tribulations, I think they've all molded me to become the character and the person who I am.

  Apolo Ohno

  Struggle, Character, Thinking

  Source: www.pbs.org

• When I look at my life now and all the mistakes I've made, all the bad decisions I've made, all the things I could have done differently or done more in, I don't think I would have changed anything.

  Apolo Ohno

  Mistake, Thinking, Decision

  Source: www.pbs.org