Ability Quote by Eric Heiden

We never did a lot of weights, but a lot of repetitions. The most I would use doing squats was 300 pounds.

— Eric Heiden

I really liked it best when I was a nobody.

— Eric Heiden

When I was skating you had to participate in every thing.

— Eric Heiden

It is not the events in our life that define our character, but how we deal with them.

— Eric Heiden

I mean you got to thank your parents for giving you the right genes.

— Eric Heiden

You don't really want to load up a whole lot, probably anything more than four hours before the race. I needed something to make…

— Eric Heiden

I'd rather get a nice warmup suit. That's something I can use. Gold medals just sit there. When I get old, maybe I could…

— Eric Heiden

On today's athletes: I wish I could turn back the clock a little bit so I'd have a chance to cut it up with…

— Eric Heiden

I had the drive to pursue speedskating and I found a sport that I was good at. If I'd got into cycling, I would…

— Eric Heiden

Heck, gold medals, what can you do with them?

— Eric Heiden

It's not a sport you get famous at. If I wanted to be famous, I would have stuck with hockey.

— Eric Heiden

They're just big in the eyes of the American public.

— Eric Heiden