Nancy Kerrigan Quotes

• Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Sports, Running, Winning

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• Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose. Everyone has bad stretches and real successes. Either way, you have to be careful not to lose your confidence or get to confident.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Success, Leadership, Running

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• And I love what I do and I love skating.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Skating

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• People would ask me why I was doing what I was doing - but I always told them that I just loved to skate. There was no other explanation.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  People, Doing Me, Ask Me

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• But it seems that the judging maybe they shouldn't at least see the practices all week long. That can taint the way they go into the judging and the outlook of what's going to happen, instead of just watching those four minutes and judging on those minutes alone.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Sports, Practice, Long

  "Interview with Dominick Dunne". “CNN Larry King Live”, www.cnn.com. February 13, 2002.

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• It is a process of finding the right music then planning a costume to fit that style of music.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Sports, Style, Costumes

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• Falling down became second nature and it really didn't bother me.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Sports, Falling In Love, Falling Down

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• It was never about winning medals or being famous.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Winning, Winner, Fame

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• I was a tomboy who liked to play rough just like my two older brothers. That's probably why I liked the athletic part of skating - especially the jumping!

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Sports, Brother, Jumping

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• I like to try all kinds of styles so it always challenges me and forces me to try to look different.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Sports, Challenges, Style

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• My parents never pressured me to skate. They always said I could quit if I wanted to. They only expected me to skate when they had already paid for the expensive lessons. But, otherwise they said I could do what I wanted to do.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Sports, Parent, Lessons

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• I took group lessons at a rink near my home. We first had to learn how to stand up on the ice wearing skates. Eventually we learned to move forward, but soon found out that it was not that easy to stop! So that was our next important lesson.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Sports, Moving, Home

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• I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Sports, Boston, Years

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• I get to see the different sides of skating now which involves not only competing, but entertainment.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Sports, Two Sides, Skating

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• But after a few minutes of convincing myself that I really wanted to go - telling myself that I love skating and that my coach is there waiting for me - I would get up and go. And my mother would always get up and eat breakfast with me!

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Sports, Mother, Waiting

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• There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start young. But, I practice with many adult competitors.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Sports, Exercise, Practice

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• My life has been a whirlwind since the '94 Olympics.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Sports, Olympics, Whirlwind

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• Even now, my husband Jerry, our son Matthew and I live only five minutes away from my parents home, and my brothers live about ten minutes away. It's been great having such a supportive family.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Sports, Brother, Husband

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• People are really sick of seeing the winner not win and what the public thinks should happen.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Winning, Thinking, People

  "Larry King Live", www.cnn.com. February 13, 2002.

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• Even now I can't describe why I love skating so much.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Skating, I Can

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• It wasn't always easy getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to go to the rink. Sometimes I wanted to just go back to sleep.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Sports, Morning, Sleep

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• I think it's a lot harder for the pros to have a long career in ice dance and in pairs. It seems the singles have a little bit of a longer career.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Thinking, Ice, Careers

  "Larry King Live", www.cnn.com. February 13, 2002.

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• I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Christmas, Sports, Brother

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• I started skating when I was six years old.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Years, Skating, Six Year Olds

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• I worked also, doing things such as our paper route and, later on, waitressing.

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Paper, Routes

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