Kristi Yamaguchi Quotes - Page 2

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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.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Mother, Wife, Wives And Mothers

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• I burnt myself out of skating. I was ready to focus on being a mom.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Mom, Focus, Skating

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• 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

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• One of my mottos not only just in skating but in life in general and I try to enforce it as well, is like no regrets and just like going for it.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Regret, Trying, Skating

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

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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.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Thinking, People, Want

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• 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

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• The past couple years training with Kurt have really brought inspiration into my skating.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Couple, Inspiration, Past

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• I didn't want to skate for someone else or for certain marks.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Want, Mark, Certain

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

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• Winning in women's singles felt surreal. I felt that everything I had done - the hard work, the tough times - was all worth it.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Hard Work, Winning, Tough Times

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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.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Worry, Mind, Comfort

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

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Feelings, Rivals, Good Feeling

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• Before turning pro, I would never have just left my skates sitting in the locker room unattended.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Sitting, Lockers, Rooms

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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.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Trying My Hardest, Long, Support

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

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• Figure skaters have awful perceptions of hockey players.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Hockey, Player, Perception

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Kids, Idols, America

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

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• 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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