"The world went by, and we didn't get……" — Peggy Fleming
"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. It was always thinking about training and focusing on what we wanted, our goals."
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18 Quotes by Peggy Fleming
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Love your sport. Never do it to please someone else; it has to be yours. That is all that will…
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This is another kind of competition, but I'm being coached by an excellent team, and I've got a real strong…
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The ultimate goal should be doing your best and enjoying it.
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Skating was the vessel into which I could pour my heart and soul
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Giving life to music through skating was something I wanted to be known for
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In 1968, in the midst of the tumultuous 1960s, the Olympics were much more than just another event
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My sport taught me what I could do with my talents, whether in the rink or in the rest of…
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As a young child, I played the violin. I think that that started the spark
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When I was on the ice, in the lights, with the music and the motion, there was a certain kind…
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When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when…
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We Wanted to be Achievers, But Being an Achievers didn't Mean That You Stopped Being a Woman.
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I think skating helped me find myself.
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