Kristi Yamaguchi Quotes About Sports

Quotes about: Sports

• 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.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Sports, Life Lesson, Hard Work

• 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

• Searching for funds to continue my skating career when I was 17, I called the Women's Sports Foundation in New York. The intern who answered the phone suggested that I might be a great candidate for the Travel and Training fund, and she sent me an application form. I applied for a grant. With the funds I was awarded, I bought a new pair of skates and a plane ticket to the 1988 National Championships, where I achieved my highest national finish. Four years later, I won the gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Leadership, Sports, New York

• 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.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Sports, Growing Up, Athlete

• I don't mind the sparkle - I think it's kind of a tradition in skating. I don't think the men really need sparkles, but for the women it's part of the glamour of our sport.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Sports, Men, Thinking

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