Michelle Kwan
Michelle Kwan
Michelle Wingshan Kwanis an American figure skater. She is a two-timeOlympic medalist, five-timeWorld champion and nine-timeU.S. champion...
ProfessionFigure Skater
Date of Birth7 July 1980
CityTorrance, CA
mistake fall ice
Literally falling on the ice and having to pick yourself up in front of thousands of people is not an easy thing to do. The thing that you learn is to pick yourself back up, to learn from your mistakes.
meaningful fall kids
When I look at the kids training today... I can tell which ones are going to do well. It's not necessarily the ones who have the most natural talent or who fall the least. Sometimes it's the kids who fall the most, and keep pulling themselves up and trying again.
motivational winning goal
Winning is not about how many medals you get-it's about accomplishing goals and just being the best you can be!
legends skating figures
When I was younger, I always dreamed of being a legend, to be remembered in figure skating.
skating priceless given
Skating has given me so much that it's priceless.
preparation secret knows
I don't know secret to success, but I'm pretty sure the closest thing is preparation
voice negative turns
I needed to turn off the negative voice in my head - I was psyching myself out.
competition emotion cry
There's a lot of emotions that always come out after a skate of a lifetime. I always start crying because there is so much buildup to that competition.
winning answers wow
It's incredible. Nine? Wow. I just remember winning my first one, getting the medal and the plate, the pin with the diamond for first place. My ninth title, I have no answer for that because I never thought it would be possible.
athlete proud united-states
As an athlete, I've always been very proud to represent the United States.
soothing skater
I actually prefer soothing music - and maybe that's the skater in me.
heart skating my-heart
Skating is in my heart, not my head
athlete challenges looks
When I look back at the world championships, I know there's a lot of room for improvement, I'm always up for a challenge. The Olympics, they don't define me, I've had some good and some bad. But it's all about the Olympic experience.
independent thinking should
As I've gotten older and grown more independent, I think for myself, and that's how it should be.