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Kristi Yamaguchi

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I'm kind of a homebody. My husband says I like to just stay home and do nothing, but that's just how I am.


— Kristi Yamaguchi


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Winning in women's singles felt surreal. I felt that everything I had done - the hard work, the tough times - was all worth it.


— Kristi Yamaguchi


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As a professional, I think we're not being judged solely on technical ability anymore. People really want to be entertained and enjoy what they're watching.


— Kristi Yamaguchi


#anymore #being #being judged #enjoy #entertained

As a teenager especially, I just wanted to do my thing and not be noticed.


— Kristi Yamaguchi


#i #just #noticed #teenager #thing

At 6 years old, the ice became a place for me to express myself. Because I was so shy off the ice, it became my safe haven, with music and freedom and self-expression. That was my emotional outlet.


— Kristi Yamaguchi


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Before turning pro, I would never have just left my skates sitting in the locker room unattended.


— Kristi Yamaguchi


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Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under pressure.


— Kristi Yamaguchi


#athlete #being #body #how #know

Childhood reading is so important.


— Kristi Yamaguchi


#important #reading

Dorothy Hamill was my big idol as a kid. She'd won the Olympics in 1976. She was America's sweetheart with her personality, her talent, her haircut.


— Kristi Yamaguchi


#big #dorothy #haircut #her #idol

They say, once you have a child, your heart is forever outside your body. I totally understand that now.


— Kristi Yamaguchi


#child #forever #heart #i #now






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Two days after her Dancing with the Stars champion crowning Kristi Yamaguchi received the 2008 Sonja Henie Award from the Professional Skaters Association. While competitors Harding and Japan’s Midori Ito were consistently landing the difficult triple axel jump in competition Yamaguchi instead focused on her artistry and her triple-triple combinations in hopes of becoming a more well-rounded skater. A sequel It's a Big World Little Pig is scheduled to be publiKristi Yamaguchid March 6 2012.

Yamaguchi was a local commentator on figure skating for San Francisco TV station KNTV (NBC 11) during the 2006 Winter Olympics. She won one junior world title in 1988 and two national titles in 1989 and 1990 as a pairs skater with Rudy Galindo. She is the 1992 Olympic Champion in ladies' singles.

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