Everybody has to deal with tough times. A gold medal doesn't make you immune to that. A skater is used to falling down and getting up again.
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Skating isn't about the medals or the results. I love what I do. It's much more fun to win, but you cannot every time.
My skating is a very emotional thing that comes from the heart, never doing it for the medal.
Gold medals are made out of your sweat, blood and tears, and effort in the gym every day, and sacrificing a lot.
Maybe there's a little girl who thinks she can be an Olympic athlete, and she sees all the things I struggled through to get here. Yeah, I didn't walk away with a medal or run away with a medal, but I think there's lessons to be learned when you win and lessons to be learned when you lose.
Gold medals are made out of sweat, blood and tears and effort in the gym every day.
I had already been into my professional career for six years and had not won an individual gold medal at the Olympics. There was a tremendous amount of pressure going into 1996 to get it done.
Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.
Skating is one of those sports you unfortunately see people get stuck in.
When you've won a gold medal and you're at the top of your sport, everyone's trying to beat you. I find that incredibly motivating.
Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold.
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