Bonnie Blair Quotes

You have to have the right mind-set.

What I've learned from my own journey, and from my family's experience with cancer, is how important it is to stay positive and move forward. Not every day is going to be perfect; that's life. But staying positive is going to get you to the next day.

Apolo is going to have to keep skating so he can add more gold to his entourage.

This Olympics is almost a little sad. It is my final Olympics. There are a lot of good memories.

I'm definitely going to miss hearing the sound of that gun.

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.

It's sad to know I'm done. But looking back, I've got a lot of great memories.

My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always liked it.

Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I would accomplish what I have in the sport

It doesn't matter what anybody thinks of what I do. The clock doesn't lie.

I was really happy with my race, though. I beat my personal best by 1.2 seconds.

There is no man in any rank who is always at liberty to act as he would incline. In some quarter or other he is limited by circumstances.

I will remember all the days at the Olympics.

Four key words
helped make my dreams come true. They are: dedication, balance, risk, and love.

Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done before.

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.

My legs tightened up pretty much, and it was a hard last corner for me.

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