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I really loved what the guys were doing more than anything, how high they jumped, how effortless it was. ↗

— Peggy Fleming

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I think skating helped me find myself. ↗

— Peggy Fleming

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In 1968, in the midst of the tumultuous 1960s, the Olympics were much more than just another event. ↗

— Peggy Fleming

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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. ↗

— Peggy Fleming

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All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action. ↗

— Demosthenes

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I've spent hours and hours doing research into Appalachian folk music. My grandfather was a fiddler. There is something very immediate, very simple and emotional, about that music. ↗

— Renee Fleming

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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

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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. ↗

— Peggy Fleming

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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. ↗

— Peggy Fleming

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We wanted to be achievers, but being an achiever didn't mean that you stopped being a woman. ↗

— Peggy Fleming

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