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
legends skating figures
When I was younger, I always dreamed of being a legend, to be remembered in figure skating.
good-friend rich ifs
If you have nothing in life but a good friend, you're rich.
fun school kids
Skating takes up 70 percent of my time, school about 25 percent. Having fun and talking to my friends, 5 percent. It's hard. I envy other kids a lot of things, but I get a guilt trip when I'm not training.
morning luck wish
I got a call this morning, and it was from Nancy Kerrigan, wishing me luck. She wished me luck and sent me all her good wishes.
skating priceless given
Skating has given me so much that it's priceless.
powerful winning admire
The one who wins all the time is great and powerful, but the one who had been trampled on and fallen is who I admire the most
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!
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.
gold silver loses
I didn't lose the gold. I won the silver.
capable chance percent petition
I feel I'm capable of being 100 percent for the Olympics, and that's why I put this petition in -- I feel I have a chance to win.
close doors unless
Don't close any doors unless you want them closed.
goes listen overcoming practice
That is what is so frustrating ? having an injury, you're overcoming it, and it's not something that goes away and vanishes. It's stiff, and it's like, 'Is it coming back?' You have to listen to it. This morning's practice was difficult.
decision difficult taking team
Taking myself off the team is the most difficult decision I've ever had to make. But it's the right decision.