top of page
.png){kind=small}
"The U.S. Olympic spirit award is an award that is given to an athlete who embodies the Olympic spirit in more ways than just on the playing field, in showing incredible perseverance, in overcoming obstacles, and what we wanted to do is have everybody can vote on-line."
Standard
Customized
More
"It's not easy. I got lots of rejections when I first started out. If you want to write, you have to believe in yourself and not give up. You have to do your best to practice and get better."
Author Name
Personal Development
"To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity."
Author Name
Personal Development
"None of us have reached the peak of perfection, but it shouldn't stop anyone from trying to make the climb."
Author Name
Personal Development
"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith."
Author Name
Personal Development
"If you failure, do not give up. Find new strength to climb the stairway to success."
Author Name
Personal Development
"An accumulation of pennies is a fortune. Day-to-day practice is perfection. A dream realized is nothing more than many steps taken toward the borders of once-impossible."
Author Name
Personal Development
"Often when we are on the path to success we come across obstacles that seem to be like mountains."
Author Name
Personal Development
"Failure is only but a temporary phenomenon."
Author Name
Personal Development
"In every situation, may we find the grace of endurance."
Author Name
Personal Development
"A star will shine in the midst of darkness. A flower will bloom in the midst of dirt. A camel will flourish in the midst of doubt. A diamond will form in the midst of pressure. A champion will rise in the midst of hardship."
Author Name
Personal Development
More
"That's what amateur skating is about, technical expertise, and it should always stay that way."
Sports
"Yeah, I am a little bit, and I think it is a natural progression of the sport, of going upwards in technical ability and everything like that."
Ability
"The Olympics are great for notoriety right off the bat, but your body of work is what people remember you for."
Work
"Kat and I were in our 20s when we won in '88. Our personalities were already established. We were ready to move on to a life of professional skating."
Life
"Sasha gets a raw deal from the press. She makes one mistake in her program and people rip her for not pulling it off when it counts. But she never falls apart. She never just completely folds and misses everything. Usually it's just one mistake."
Mistake
"So the programs all start to all look the same. I watched one free skating competition, and I thought I was watching a short program. Everyone was doing exactly the same elements."
Thought
"Plus the public's attention span is so short right now, if a skater doesn't strike while the iron is hot... well it's not like people will forget you, but they just won't care anymore."
People
"The U.S. Olympic spirit award is an award that is given to an athlete who embodies the Olympic spirit in more ways than just on the playing field, in showing incredible perseverance, in overcoming obstacles, and what we wanted to do is have everybody can vote on-line."
Perseverance
"I have to consider my greatest accomplishments winning the Olympics because everything that I've done after that is really because of the Olympics."
Winning
bottom of page