Kristi Yamaguchi Quotes

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

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• Glory is attained from hard work, step by step.

  

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• Thankfully I'm not endlessly ambitious, but I have done some crazy ambitious things like buying an island off the west coast of Scotland in the late Sixties.

  

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• There are so many young women coming up through the ranks. Adele is an amazing singer. Beyonce has great stage presence. She's just a beautiful woman. I love how everyone has just taken charge of their lives and careers.

  

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• I came here with a lot of things that I would like to get done for my community and my constituents. Shooting hoops at the White House was not at the top of the list but would certainly be a thrill.

  

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• These Scriptures, therefore, are infinitely far from justifying the slavery under consideration; for it cannot be made to appear that one in a thousand of these slaves has done any thing to forfeit his own liberty.

  

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• Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.

  

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• In a country where women regard themselves as equal, they are not prepared to see men running the show themselves.

  

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• My mother raised us to think that if we worked hard, and if we put our end of the bargain in, it would work out OK for us.

  

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• I owe my career to Latina women. I was surrounded by the amazing group: my mother, my aunts, my extended family. They didn't necessarily have access to high fashion, but they had great style and looked stunning naturally at every age.

  

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• I'm one of the lucky few who never had to face the whole 'Oh, you've had a baby, and now work will have to suffer' bit. It just wasn't a big deal when I got married and had a baby.

  

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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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