Sasha Cohen Quotes
In a way it kind of humanizes the sport. She is someone that has been an icon that's always been there, and you have always seen her hard edge and she's always competed and done well. And to see that people can be at the very top of the sport and can also have hard times just humanizes it for other athletes. To know there are good times and there are bad times, and you have to persevere and kind of deal with what life gives you.
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I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.
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I need pity. I know what I feel. Great place and business in the world is not worth looking after.
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Wisdom precludes boldness.
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That's not really a number I'm terribly interested in.
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To many men much-wandering hope comes as a boon, but to many others it is the deception of vain desires.
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Fate gave, what Chance shall not control, His sad lucidity of soul.
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In a way it kind of humanizes the sport. She is someone that has been an icon that's always been there, and you have always seen her hard edge and she's always competed and done well. And to see that people can be at the very top of the sport and can also have hard times just humanizes it for other athletes. To know there are good times and there are bad times, and you have to persevere and kind of deal with what life gives you.
