Quotes by Kristi Yamaguchi

Kristi Yamaguchi

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.

Hard Work

Life Lesson

Sports

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.

People

Thinking

Want

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

Teenager

Wanted

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.

Emotional

Safe Haven

Self

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

Lockers

Rooms

Sitting

Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you’re able to do it under pressure.

Athlete

Body

Motivational

Childhood reading is so important.

Childhood

Important

Reading

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.

America

Idols

Kids

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.

Believe

Dream

Sports

Everything that happened in ’92 was more than I had dreamed of… winning the U.S. title for the first time and then doing so well at the Olympics… It seemed to wrap things up so perfectly. I couldn’t help thinking, ‘How could I top that?’

Olympics

Thinking

Winning

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Adversity

America

Athlete

Believe

Body

Careers

Certain

Childhood

Children

Comfort

Couple

Dream

Emotional

Endurance

Energy

Enough

Feelings

Feels

Focus

Forever

Fun

Games

Giving

Goal

Gold

Good Feeling

Growing Up

Hair

Hard Work

Heart

Hockey

Home

Husband

Idols

Important

Inspiration

Kids

Kind

Knowing

Lace

Leadership

Legs

Life Lesson

Lockers

Long

Makeup

Mark

Men

Mind

Mom

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Quotes by Kristi Yamaguchi

Kristi Yamaguchi

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you’re able to do it under pressure.

Childhood reading is so important.

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.

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.

Everything that happened in ’92 was more than I had dreamed of… winning the U.S. title for the first time and then doing so well at the Olympics… It seemed to wrap things up so perfectly. I couldn’t help thinking, ‘How could I top that?’

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