Clara Hughes Quotes

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• What I have to do now is figure where my passion is, and follow my heart; I've proven that if I have the passion for…
• The struggle I went through has value.
• For 20 years I've had the privilege of representing Canada around the globe... first on the bike and then on my blades. The experiences have…
• Ive had so many experiences in cycling, but in some ways I have nothing left to prove. I have achieved more than I could have…
• I love working with kids and I want to just be able to do it from my heart and not as a job.
• I was, without exaggeration, a delinquent teenager.
• I want people to be inspired that I've always strived for excellence and I've always gone beyond what anybody ever thought I could do, what…
• My goal is to try to avoid a regular job.
• With athletes, it's never fully understood the level to which we push ourselves. Especially in an endurance sport.
• I've learned what it truly means to be Canadian and in turn I've been inspired to make a difference in the world, however small it's…
• Sport that consumed me for over two decades . . . is now gone. Now it's just me. No pressure, no expectations, no need to…
• All the physical comes from the mental.
• I still can't believe I won the Olympics. That's what I feel right now - completely alive as a human being. It's a really beautiful…
• 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 I can go…
• I love skating so much and I feel like every time I step out onto the ice, that's what I'm meant to do.
• I'm trying to let winning the world championships settle in right now before I begin training again shortly. During the skating season, we skate on…
• I am kind of like a diesel. It is the cyclist in me.
• I am nowhere near my limit. I just want to see if there are such things as limits. I want to go and find out.
• I've been in sport for 15 years now and I'm actually shocked at the changes. We had all these things, but we couldn't utilize them.…
• I had some experience in dealing with people who have mental illness and depression, but I didn't see the signs in myself. I couldn't ask…

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