Bonnie Blair Quotes
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I will remember all the days at the Olympics.
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I never could have achieved the success that I have without setting physical activity and health goals.
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Even though I enjoy that head-to-head competition part, one of the things that drove me to long track was if I won or if I lost I want to know it's all on my shoulders and it didn't have anything to do with anybody else.
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I just hope I can get another personal best. If I can do that, I'll be satisfied.
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There is no man in any rank who is always at liberty to act as he would incline. In some quarter or other he is limited by circumstances.
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Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done before.
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Anytime you ride against the best in the world, it becomes a learning process.
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My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always liked it.
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I don't fear anything.
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The sport I love has taken me around the world and shown me many things.
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Winning doesn't always mean being first.
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I'm definitely going to miss hearing the sound of that gun.
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I love short track. I competed in short track, I was a world champion in 1986 but at that point in time it wasn't in the Olympic Games so I moved into long track. Short track is a blast to skate and it's a blast to watch.
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The distance between a person's dream and their accomplishments can only be measured by their desire.
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It's sad to know I'm done. But looking back, I've got a lot of great memories.
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Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I would accomplish what I have in the sport
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A lot of people think I'm under a lot of pressure with my family and friends spending all that money to follow me around
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It doesn't matter what anybody thinks of what I do. The clock doesn't lie.
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There's sort of a theory that's going around in the China-watching community about a perfect storm coming up with the 2008 Olympics, a U.S. election and a Taiwanese election, some sort of mutually reinforcing explosion and crisis.
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You have to have the right mind-set.
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I don't remember the first time I skated on ice, I was too young. I do remember falling in love with that wind-in-my-face feeling while speed skating.
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Four key words--helped make my dreams come true. They are: dedication, balance, risk, and love.
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