Bonnie Blair
Bonnie Blair
Bonnie Kathleen Blairis a retired American speedskater. She is one of the top skaters of her era, and one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic history. Blair competed for the United States in four Olympics, winning five gold medals and one bronze medal...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSpeed Skater
Date of Birth18 March 1964
CityCornwall, NY
CountryUnited States of America
track long competition
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.
memories done knows
It's sad to know I'm done. But looking back, I've got a lot of great memories.
world process learning-process
Anytime you ride against the best in the world, it becomes a learning process.
olympics remember
I will remember all the days at the Olympics.
mind mind-set
You have to have the right mind-set.
personal-best satisfied ifs
I just hope I can get another personal best. If I can do that, I'll be satisfied.
mean winning firsts
Winning doesn't always mean being first,
parent age way
My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always liked it.
sports gun missing
I'm definitely going to miss hearing the sound of that gun.
sports dream accomplish
Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I would accomplish what I have in the sport
sports work taken
The sport I love has taken me around the world and shown me many things.
falling-in-love ice wind
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.
perfect community storm
There's sort of a theory that's going around in the China-watching community about a perfect storm coming up with the 2008 Olympics, a U.S. election and a Taiwanese election, some sort of mutually reinforcing explosion and crisis.
sports thinking people
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