Peggy Fleming Quotes

I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.

I don't believe in strategies. I love what I am doing; that's the main thing.

I enjoy racing because I want to do it. No one's forcing me.

My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion.

I don't do what I do to get nominated. I do what I do because I love it.

I will act because I enjoy it.

I don't even realize sometimes I am spending hours and hours on the field, because it is something I decide to do, not something someone else demands of me.

When you are training, you are doing what you want to do.

Love what you do, not the love you get for doing it.

I want to do it because I want to do it.

You have to love the doing of what you're doing and not wait for the phone to ring.

I just want to compete and do what I love.

I only do what I like to do.

I'd rather do a part because I want to, not because great things are expected of me.

I'm not playing for other people; if I start thinking in those terms I would put too much pressure on myself. I play basketball because that is what I love to do.

Modelling isn't something I'm doing to prove people wrong. It's something I'm doing because it's what I want to do.

If it looks like fun, and it looks like quality, then I'll do it. I don't feel compelled to work - or not to work.

I do things that I actually love and understand.

I always try and decide what I'm interested in, and I just do that.

You play because you love it, not because you can make money from it.

When you're motivated by external rewards, it's often because you're trying to accomplish goals you didn't create yourself.

I'm one of those people that do what I do because I love it.

I actually think most people do what they love because it's really important to them.

Even if you have so many people saying, 'Yes, this is for you! This is your path!' unless you feel it... It needs to be your own passion, it needs to be your own will.

You just have to prove to yourself that you can go out there and be the best that you can be and not prove anything to anyone.