Clara Hughes

The struggle I went through has value.

— Clara Hughes

All the physical comes from the mental.

— Clara Hughes

If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything.

— Clara Hughes

I am kind of like a diesel. It is the cyclist in me.

— Clara Hughes

My goal is to try to avoid a regular job.

— Clara Hughes

I was, without exaggeration, a delinquent teenager.

— Clara Hughes

I'll skate on concrete if I have to. I'm not worried about how fast the ice is. I'm worried about how fast…

— Clara Hughes

The only reason I've shared my story is to take that tiny baby step of breaking down the stigma attached to depression.

— Clara Hughes

I've learned what it truly means to be Canadian and in turn I've been inspired to make a difference in the world,…

— Clara Hughes

I still can't believe I won the Olympics. That's what I feel right now - completely alive as a human being. It's…

— Clara Hughes

I love skating so much and I feel like every time I step out onto the ice, that's what I'm meant to…

— Clara Hughes

I am nowhere near my limit. I just want to see if there are such things as limits. I want to go…

— Clara Hughes

If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything. And that's what this Olympic medal represents.

— Clara Hughes

With athletes, it's never fully understood the level to which we push ourselves. Especially in an endurance sport.

— Clara Hughes

I had some experience in dealing with people who have mental illness and depression, but I didn't see the signs in myself.…

— Clara Hughes

I have this thing I say to myself that 'tomorrow can be better.' And I remember that period in my life where…

— Clara Hughes

I'm trying to let winning the world championships settle in right now before I begin training again shortly. During the skating season,…

— Clara Hughes

I've had so many experiences in cycling, but in some ways I have nothing left to prove. I have achieved more than…

— Clara Hughes

I want people to be inspired that I've always strived for excellence and I've always gone beyond what anybody ever thought I…

— Clara Hughes

For 20 years I've had the privilege of representing Canada around the globe... first on the bike and then on my blades.…

— Clara Hughes

What I have to do now is figure where my passion is, and follow my heart; I've proven that if I have…

— Clara Hughes

Sport that consumed me for over two decades . . . is now gone. Now it's just me. No pressure, no expectations,…

— Clara Hughes

I love working with kids and I want to just be able to do it from my heart and not as a…

— Clara Hughes

That's what is most satisfying, is having overcome that pain. Pain that is so intense that when you finish, it feels like…

— Clara Hughes

Ive had so many experiences in cycling, but in some ways I have nothing left to prove. I have achieved more than…

— Clara Hughes

I've been in sport for 15 years now and I'm actually shocked at the changes. We had all these things, but we…

— Clara Hughes