Peggy Fleming Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Peggy Fleming:

I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.
~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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When I was on the ice, in the lights, with the music and the motion, there was a certain kind of flirtation that gave great energy and expressiveness to my performance.
~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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In 1968, in the midst of the tumultuous 1960s, the Olympics were much more than just another event.
~Peggy Fleming


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As a young child, I played the violin. I think that that started the spark.
~Peggy 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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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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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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Giving life to music through skating was something I wanted to be known for.
~Peggy Fleming


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/peggy-fleming-quotes/#b871aa91

When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I really had to put my head down and stay positive. I had to fight.
~Peggy Fleming


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Skating was the vessel into which I could pour my heart and soul.
~Peggy Fleming


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/peggy-fleming-quotes/#0dc31737

I think skating helped me find myself.
~Peggy Fleming


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/peggy-fleming-quotes/#a0066a35

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/peggy-fleming-quotes/#a1649f2b

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