Quotes by Kristi Yamaguchi

About Kristi Yamaguchi:

Kristine Tsuya "Kristi" Yamaguchi is an American figure skater. She is the 1992 Olympic Champion in ladies' singles. Yamaguchi also won two World Figure Skating Championships in 1991 and 1992 and a U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992. She won one junior world title in 1988 and two national titles in 1989 and 1990 as a pairs skater with Rudy Galindo. In December 2005, she was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. Yamaguchi was a local commentator on figure skating for San Jose TV station KNTV (NBC 11) during the 2006 Winter Olympics. In 2008, Yamaguchi became the celebrity champion in the sixth season of Dancing with the Stars.
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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

Figure skaters have awful perceptions of hockey players.

Kristi Yamaguchi

They say, once you have a child, your heart is forever outside your body. I totally understand that now.

Kristi Yamaguchi

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

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

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

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

I never wanted to feel I hadn't worked hard enough.

Kristi Yamaguchi

The past couple years training with Kurt have really brought inspiration into my skating.

Kristi Yamaguchi

I've had a lot more fun with the training.

Kristi Yamaguchi

Skating was something I really wanted to do; my parents knew nothing about it. They said they'd support me as long as I was trying my hardest and enjoying it.

Kristi Yamaguchi

With 30,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations from the seasonal flu, those numbers are certainly higher than what we've seen of the swine flu. Protecting yourself from both viruses is very important.

Kristi Yamaguchi

Training for the Olympics was a lifelong endeavor and took many years.

Kristi Yamaguchi

I'm always looking for inspiring ways to stay motivated and stay active.

Kristi Yamaguchi

Childhood reading is so important.

Kristi Yamaguchi

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

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

Probably a few weeks after I was born I started having casts put on my legs to straighten them out. After that corrective shoes and with a brace in between.

Kristi Yamaguchi

I've always worked closely with the designers and whoever's making the costumes. Comfort is the last thing you want on your mind when you're competing. In an ideal situation, you'll have something where you'll put it on and you're fine and you don't ...

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

Author Bio

  • NameKristi Yamaguchi
  • DescriptionAmerican figure skater
  • BornJuly 12, 1971
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSportsperson; Writer