Peggy Fleming Quotes

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• Love your sport. Never do it to please someone else; it has to be yours. That is all that will justify the hard work. Compete…
• This is another kind of competition, but I'm being coached by an excellent team, and I've got a real strong competitive spirit.
• The ultimate goal should be doing your best and enjoying it.
• Skating was the vessel into which I could pour my heart and soul
• Giving life to music through skating was something I wanted to be known for
• In 1968, in the midst of the tumultuous 1960s, the Olympics were much more than just another event
• My sport taught me what I could do with my talents, whether in the rink or in the rest of my life
• As a young child, I played the violin. I think that that started the spark
• When I was on the ice, in the lights, with the music and the motion, there was a certain kind of flirtation that gave great…
• When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I really…
• We Wanted to be Achievers, But Being an Achievers didn't Mean That You Stopped Being a Woman.
• I think skating helped me find myself.
• I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty…
• The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.
• I really loved what the guys were doing more than anything, how high they jumped, how effortless it was.
• Then came the choreography... the impact of music and choreography tends to really emphasize an overall feeling of what you really want out of the…
• The world went by, and we didn't get caught up in all the other things, because we didn't have time. We had no spare time.…
• We wanted to be achievers, but being an achiever didn't mean that you stopped being a woman.

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