Kristi Yamaguchi Quotes

• I never wanted to feel I hadn’t worked hard enough.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

• I learned to put 100 percent into what you’re doing. I learned about setting goals for yourself, knowing where you want to be and taking small steps toward those goals. I learned about adversity and how to get past it.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

• I don’t mind the sparkle – I think it’s kind of a tradition in skating. I don’t think the men really need sparkles, but for the women it’s part of the glamour of our sport.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

• I don’t know how many people really knew who I was before the Olympics and that’s the fun thing of the Olympics – you get to know someone who captures your heart, hopefully.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

• I didn’t want to skate for someone else or for certain marks.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

• I burnt myself out of skating. I was ready to focus on being a mom.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

• I always try to start out with some type of goal. Then I work backward and think of what I need to do to get there, and give myself smaller goals that are more immediate.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

• Having achieved my own dreams, I want to give to kids who are less fortunate, who struggle with everyday obstacles. I want to give them something positive in their lives: support.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

• Growing up as an athlete, I started skating very young. My parents didn’t know anything about the sport, so they went with the flow. I had two great coaches who gave great advice and gave guidelines for my parents. My parents let the coaches dictate what was going on on the ice.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

• Figure skaters have awful perceptions of hockey players.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

• 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.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

• Childhood reading is so important.

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

   

  Kristi Yamaguchi

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

  Kristi Yamaguchi

• 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.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

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

  Kristi Yamaguchi

• 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.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

Kristi Yamaguchi (37)

Birth:	12th July, 1971
Nationality:	American
Profession:	-

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