Dan Jansen
Dan Jansen
Daniel Erwin "Dan" Jansenis a retired American speed skater. A multiple world champion in sprint and perennial favorite at the Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal in his final racein the 1994 Winter Olympics at the end of his career...
ProfessionSpeed Skater
Date of Birth17 June 1965
CityMilwaukee, WI
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I remember standing on that podium, ... and for the first time probably before or since, wishing our national anthem had more verses.
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Either he thrives on it or he doesn't realize it. He didn't even skate on ice four years ago, and now he is an Olympic favorite.
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You, and you alone, are the person who should take the measure of your own success. . . . I do not try to be better than anyone else. I only try to be better than myself.