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"Without strength and courage it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you're alone on the ice and you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself."
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"Olive was way beyond hearing anything, but her chin was set and she was determined to help the pilot so that he would not be too afraid before they hit the earth. She smiled and nodded again. At the end of each stunt he looked back, and each time she encouraged him. Afterward he said over and over, "She's the goddamest woman I ever saw. I tore up the rule book and she wanted more. Good Christ, what a pilot she would have made!"
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"The first step forward is to admit your fear, then you can take the next step to conquer it."
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"You needn't be afraid of life! Life is so good when you do something that is good and just."
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"Interspirituality is not for everyone, but, for those of us who are interested, we have never lived in a better time to explore interspiritual practices. For the first time in history, we have easy access to all of the world's scriptures and spiritual traditions."
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"Fears are nothing more than a state of mind."
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"All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination."
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"Necessity makes even the timid brave."
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"The Challenge in Life is not to have the absence of Fear, but to have the Courage to overcome it."
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"Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it."
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"Find out what you're afraid of and go live there."
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"Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless."
Adversity
"I was nine-years-old when I first put on skates."
Sports
"I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal."
Sports
"And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well."
Attention
"I just try to touch people's hearts in a way through skating, so they're not just witnessing a performance, they're feeling a performance and they're a part of it."
People
"I didn't want to be the sissy figure skater, you know."
Want
"What was really funny is that as I got older all those guys who called me a sissy in junior high school wanted me to be their best friend because they wanted to meet all the girls that I knew in figure skating."
Friendship
"Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart."
Sports
"When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence."
Confidence
"Fame is a very confusing thing, because you are recognized by a lot of people that you've never seen before, and they're at a great advantage."
People
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