Peggy Fleming Quotes

I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.

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Peggy Fleming

Peggy Gale Fleming (born July 27, 1948) is an American former figure skater and the only American in the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France to bring home a Gold Medal. She is the 1968 Olympic Champion in Ladies' singles and a three-time World Champion (1966–1968). Fleming has been a television commentator in figure skating for over 20 years, including several Winter Olympic Games.

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Peggy Fleming

The ultimate goal should be doing your best and enjoying it.

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Giving life to music through skating was something I wanted to be known for.

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My sport taught me what I could do with my talents, whether in the rink or in the rest of my life.

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The world went by, and we didn't get caught up in all the other things, because we didn't have time. We had no spare time. It was always thinking about training and focusing on what we wanted, our goals.

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When I was on the ice, in the lights, with the music and the motion, there was a certain kind of flirtation that gave great energy and expressiveness to my performance.

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The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.
Peggy Fleming

I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.

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Then came the choreography.. The impact of music and choreography tends to really emphasize an overall feeling of what you really want out of the program.

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