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Laurel Hubbard

(1978) Weightlifter

23 quotes in 94 categories

Laurel Hubbard is a weightlifter.

Quick Facts About Laurel Hubbard

Born: February 9, 1978
Profession: Weightlifter

About Laurel Hubbard

[Wikidata] Weightlifter from New Zealand... | [Wikipedia] Laurel Hubbard is a New Zealand weightlifter. Selected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics, she was the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Olympic Games. Prior to making her Olympic debut, Hubbard achieved a ranking of 7th in the IWF's women's +87 kg division.

Quotes by Laurel Hubbard

I commend the IOC for its commitment to making sport inclusive and accessible.

Commitment

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All I can do is be myself, do what I do and if people find inspiration then that's great but it's not…

Find

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The mana of the silver fern comes from all of you and I will wear it with pride.

Pride

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People believe what they believe when they are shown something that may be new and different to what they know. It's instinctive…

Believe

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Like I said, I don't want to pretend that I am a robot. When you hear things it's natural to feel some…

Hurt

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I'm not here to change the world, I'm just want to be me and do what I do.

Change

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Obviously the policies put forward by the IOC and other organizations are evolving and perhaps they may change after I have competed.…

Change

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There are moments of high mood, there are moments of low mood, there are moments of injury, there are moments of strength,…

High

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All I can do is lift to the best of my ability and then let whatever happens, happen.

Ability

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Perhaps the fact that it has taken so long for someone like myself to come through indicates that some of the problems…

Come

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I am grateful and humbled by the kindness and support that has been given to me by so many New Zealanders.

Grateful

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I'm mindful I won't be supported by everyone but I hope that people can keep an open mind and perhaps look at…

Hope

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The Australian crowd was magnificent. It felt like just a big embrace. They really made me try to lift my best.

Australian

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It just became too much to bear... the pressure of trying to fit into a world that perhaps wasn't really set up…

Myself

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The rules that enabled me to compete first went into effect in 2003. They are known as the Stockholm consensus with the…

I think

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When I broke my arm at the Commonwealth Games three years ago, I was advised that my sporting career had likely reached…

Career

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But I can't control what other people think, what they feel, what they believe and I'm not going to try. It's not…

Believe

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I thought perhaps if I tried something that was so masculine perhaps that's what I would become. Sadly, that wasn't the case...…

Life

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The Olympic Games are a global celebration of our hopes, our ideals and our values.

Celebration

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I have always believed it is not enough just to wear the silver fern and I do not regret pushing myself to…

Best

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The Commonwealth Games here are a model for what sport can, and should, be. It's an incredible environment and an amazing atmosphere.…

Amazing

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It's not my role or my goal to change people's minds. I would hope they would support me, but it's not for…

Change

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All you can do is focus on the task at hand and if you keep doing that it will get you through.

Focus

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