Bonnie Blair Quotes

#1. I'm sure Bonnie Blair and Dan Jansen think I'm garbage.

Mary Docter

#2. A lot of people think I'm under a lot of pressure with my family and friends spending all that money to follow me around

Bonnie Blair

#3. If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they do.

Angelina Jolie

#4. I kissed the scars on her skin. I still think you're beautiful, and I don't ever wanna lose my best friend

Pierce The Veil

#5. Even though I enjoy that head-to-head competition part, one of the things that drove me to long track was if I won or if I lost I want to know it's all on my shoulders and it didn't have anything to do with anybody else.

Bonnie Blair

#6. I was really happy with my race, though. I beat my personal best by 1.2 seconds.

Bonnie Blair

#7. I'm definitely going to miss hearing the sound of that gun.

Bonnie Blair

#8. There's no comprehending why things happen. People leave you before you're ready for them to go, but you have to keep livin'. That doesn't mean you won't miss them though.

Corinne Michaels

#9. This foolish smile he could not forgive himself.

Leo Tolstoy

#10. As everyone knows, there is only one way to fry chicken correctly. Unfortunately, most people think their method is best, but most people are wrong. Mine is the only right way, and on this subject I feel almost evangelical.

Laurie Colwin

#11. Summer specializes in time, slows it down almost to dream.

Jennifer Grotz

#12. Because we have a sense of completion within us, and because we have the will and desire to reach that state of completion, human beings have the potential for greatness and can become greater at any time.

Ilchi Lee

#13. My legs tightened up pretty much, and it was a hard last corner for me.

Bonnie Blair

#14. It doesn't matter what anybody thinks of what I do. The clock doesn't lie.

Bonnie Blair

#15. Your baby only needs a lot of light at night if he's reading or he's entertaining guests.

Lawrence Kutner

#16. I love short track. I competed in short track, I was a world champion in 1986 but at that point in time it wasn't in the Olympic Games so I moved into long track. Short track is a blast to skate and it's a blast to watch.

Bonnie Blair

#17. This Olympics is almost a little sad. It is my final Olympics. There are a lot of good memories.

Bonnie Blair

#18. I never could have achieved the success that I have without setting physical activity and health goals.

Bonnie Blair

#19. If you pinch the sea of its liberty, though it be walls of stone or brass, it will beat them down.

John Cotton

#20. Remember that I'm Human. Before you judge me or decide how you'll deal with me, walk awhile in my shoes. If you do, I think you'll find with more understanding we can meet in the middle and walk the rest of the way together.

Eric Harvey

#21. I will remember all the days at the Olympics.

Bonnie Blair

#22. I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and for the U.S. was a pretty good thing to happen, I'd say.

Bonnie Blair

#23. You have to have the right mind-set.

Bonnie Blair

#24. It's sad to know I'm done. But looking back, I've got a lot of great memories.

Bonnie Blair

#25. What I've learned from my own journey, and from my family's experience with cancer, is how important it is to stay positive and move forward. Not every day is going to be perfect; that's life. But staying positive is going to get you to the next day.

Bonnie Blair

#26. No matter what the competition is, I try to find a goal that day and better that goal.

Bonnie Blair

#27. The sport I love has taken me around the world and shown me many things.

Bonnie Blair

#28. I just hope I can get another personal best. If I can do that, I'll be satisfied.

Bonnie Blair

#29. Anytime you ride against the best in the world, it becomes a learning process.

Bonnie Blair

#30. I don't fear anything.

Bonnie Blair

#31. Often we lose our identity trying to please or placate others.

Mary Manin Morrissey

#32. Four key words
helped make my dreams come true. They are: dedication, balance, risk, and love.

Bonnie Blair

#33. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I would accomplish what I have in the sport

Bonnie Blair

#34. You'll marry the earl and carry on with the nephew on the side."
"Grandmother!

Julia Quinn

#35. A lot of people don't believe in curses.
A lot of people don't believe in yellow-spotted lizards either, but if one bites you, it doesn't make a difference whether you believe in it or not.

Louis Sachar

#36. Me: "If you want me to be a teenager, don't send me to Support Group. Buy me a fake ID so I can go to clubs, drink vodka, and take pot."
Mom: "You don't take pot, for starters."
Me: "See, that's the kind of thing I'd know if you got me a fake ID.

John Green

#37. Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done before.

Bonnie Blair

#38. There is no man in any rank who is always at liberty to act as he would incline. In some quarter or other he is limited by circumstances.

Bonnie Blair

#39. I think documentary filmmakers need as much protection as possible under journalist's privilege. How else is the public to know what is going on?

Robert Redford

#40. My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always liked it.

Bonnie Blair

#41. I don't remember the first time I skated on ice, I was too young. I do remember falling in love with that wind-in-my-face feeling while speed skating.

Bonnie Blair

#42. Apolo is going to have to keep skating so he can add more gold to his entourage.

Bonnie Blair