Bonnie Blair Quotes

I'm a speed skater. That's who I am, in my heart.

I did not want to be a Champion growing up, just a fast skater.

I would recommend anybody who gets a chance to see short track skating, make it a point to go out there when Apolo is skating because you won't see anybody better.

I'm an ice skater. I'm all about the glitter.

Only one guy can be world champion, and so if everyone else thought they were failures you'd have no one left on the grid.

I love to play the game, love to be around the rink, and love to joke around with my teammates and have some fun.

I started skating when I was five years old in Pasadena, California.

I loved being at the rink every day and training.

Skating in itself is a difficult sport, and the amazing athletes within the sport are very challenging.

I remember my mom let me stay up late and watch Tara Lipinski and Michelle Kwan compete in the 1998 Olympic Games. I made paper medals and wore them the whole night. I didn't start skating until 2000, but I was so inspired by their skating that it was why I wanted to start.

For me, back in Sydney, it was just being there and going out and beating Alexander Karelin, 13-time world champion and Olympic gold medalist. It was everything for me.

Winning a gold medal means you're the best in the world at that time.

In the Olympics, everything goes back to square one. The world champion or the world record holder or the ninth last year are fighting for the same medal, and you have got to go there like it was the first time.

I want to be the light heavyweight champion of the world.

Figure skating is such an individual sport, but to have a teammate on the podium with you is unbelievable.

From a young age, people have been touting me as a future world champion and it's nice to get that out of the way.

We found our joy in being athletes in PyeongChang. Our biggest joy was being on the ice. Every moment revolved around just what it would take to win the Olympics.

Bobsledders are big athletes, and I'm a big athlete.

I mean, for me, the reason I ride my bike and race is because I love doing it, not because I'm seeking recognition for it.

I'm a two-time world champion in jiu-jitsu. I can try to submit you.

The goal is to be heavyweight champion of the world.

I want to be shooter, be competitive, go to the net, so it has changed, but it hasn't changed that much. It's more skating than it used to be for sure.

There are so many emotions when I step on the ice.

Even when I wasn't on the ice, I was always on my rollerblades.

'Swan Lake' was my favourite piece of music when I was younger, and I never had a chance to skate to it.