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Eric Heiden is a freak of nature.
CHAD HEDRICK I think the media has thought a lot more about the Heiden record than I have. Eric has said that it'...
CHAD HEDRICK The thing I keep coming back to with Eric is his attitude. You always hear that message about living...
MARK MACDONALD I think the last time I had the 'C' was in street hockey. I was definitely the expert out there. I h...
ROD BRIND'AMOUR The environment I was raised in, you had to, to survive.
MARK WAHLBERG I started skating when I was six years old.
NANCY KERRIGAN Actually, I learned to skate when I was 3, but didn't get interested in figure skating until I was 6...
JILL VARGO When I was younger, I always dreamed of being a legend, to be remembered in figure skating.
MICHELLE KWAN He attacked Eric. Eric had a stab wound through his left arm and was stabbed in the lungs and the he...
GERRI FLYNN I'm so proud to be an Army brat, but it was not an easy life. Moving around so much, skating was...
ASHLEY WAGNER You know, Eric, I could have sworn I heard a goat bleating while I was working in the slype yesterda...
CATHERINE AIRD Did we have sex?" he asked directly.
For about two minutes, this might actually be fun. "Eric,"...
CHARLAINE HARRIS A lot of people knew who Eric was. You didn't go in Casey's and not know Eric.
ANNE REEVES I watched him around guys like George Harrison and Eric Clapton, and I realized the look in their ey...
STAN PERKINS When I was a kid. I had traveled the world by the time I was 13 years old because of all the competi...
BRITTANY BOWE I definitely went through a period when I was a teenager when every girl was 'The One' and e...
EDGAR WRIGHT I got to thank my brother Eric for the throw, ... When someone comes through like that you have to p...
ERIC CLARK I got a strong feeling while I was skating here that this was going to be one last highlight for my ...
SHIZUKA ARAKAWA I had to imagine this was the dream of every good person - to find the world in need of the thing yo...
PATRICK CARMAN I was really a spoiled brat when I was a kid skating. Meals are cooked for you, you are driven to th...
DOROTHY HAMILL I was a little kid, 10 or 12, ... I remember exactly ... transistor radios had just happened. When t...
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN Being surrounded by hockey, I got forced into it as a kid. I started skating when I was 4 and had a ...
CARL HAGELIN Our class had to participate in the march - it was a class requirement.
JAKE WILLIAMS I was around when it was a question (for Eric) of: 'Who's the girlfriend du jour going to be?' And y...
NATHAN EAST When I get bored, or get stuck on an equation, I like to go ice skating, but it makes you forget you...
MICHIO KAKU I started skating at age 2 on roller skates on the South Side of Chicago, where I grew up. By age 4,...
SHANI DAVIS There was a time in my life when I thought I had everything - millions of dollars, mansions, cars, n...
RICHARD PRYOR I was skating for 10 days, so I felt good out there. The biggest thing is we won the game.
MARIAN GABORIK I couldn't bring Eric down. I was in survival mode... . Everybody was in such pain.
LINDA PARDO I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was ...
VERA WANG Skating was popular, but it wasn't mainstream. It had this underground following, and you could ...
TONY HAWK Production was what I always wanted to do, even when I was skating. I'm a bit of a sponge. When I wa...
ROBIN COUSINS She let it be known that she would prefer that I didn't (attend), ... I had to remind her that ... t...
GENE TAYLOR Injuries are a huge thing for skating. I think skating is a very unnatural sport for the body, very ...
PATRICK CHAN I think you learn how to fall well when you're figure skating. Your reflexes are very acute.
JUD TYLOR As they spoke, the only thing I could think about was that scene from Julius Caesar where Brutus sta...
NICHOLAS SPARKS Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up.
D. B. SWEENEY When I understood the rudiments of what nanotech was all about, I knew I wanted to participate.
BERNARD MARCUS When Eric sat out, I told myself I have to do more.
DERRICK BERRY I roller skated when I was younger, but when you're on a track that's slanted and you're...
KRISTEN WIIG I was more interested in skating and the girls and traveling than I was in calculus.
SCOTT HAMILTON I am so grateful. Eric was very loving, very kind, and what better legacy could Eric have?
MARY MOLNAR I would recommend anybody who gets a chance to see short track skating, make it a point to go out th...
ERIC HEIDEN I had that thing memorized when I was at Gonzaga.
DAN MONSON Eric was in control the entire match.
HENRY AGALLAR When I was going to Penn State, I was so new to ice skating that I only skated once a week, and that...
ALLISON BAVER I tried all kinds of sports when I was a kid, like soccer and tennis and golf, and, in fact, started...
PATRICK CHAN When she was 4 1/2, she asked for three straight months if she could take skating lessons, ... I did...
ANGELA DAVIS I'm just happy that I'm skating really good. Sometimes when you're not feeling good, you concentrate...
MELISSA GREGORY Sah ein Knab' ein Röslein stehn,
Röslein auf der Heiden,
war so jung und morgenschön, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE We had a plan that all the Acura cars would stay together and use the draft, ... I was gaining on Er...
BRANDON DAVIS When I was a boy in Salem, Mass., in the 1950s, if you wanted to buy a book, you had to take a train...
GARDNER DOZOIS I had never been allowed to go on tour with my husband George Harrison, so had no idea what to expec...
PATTIE BOYD I mean you got to thank your parents for giving you the right genes.
ERIC HEIDEN Cyclists, I work with a number of cyclists. They are great athletes; they are great aerobic athletes...
ERIC HEIDEN I'm not a big fan of those who are egotistical and so outspoken.
ERIC HEIDEN One thing is having skated five of the best races I've probably could have skated. It was nice t...
ERIC HEIDEN We never did a lot of weights, but a lot of repetitions. The most I would use doing squats was 300 p...
ERIC HEIDEN I have a very close friendship with the skaters.
ERIC HEIDEN In general, I enjoy athletes who have a strong character who let their abilities speak for themselve...
ERIC HEIDEN If you're a public relations person, any press is good press. It certainly brings more to the story ...
ERIC HEIDEN He is going his own way. He is not a team player.
ERIC HEIDEN He has a very good feel for the ice. He can do things on the ice that most people can't.
ERIC HEIDEN This team has the potential to win more medals and have more success than the one in Salt Lake. We s...
ERIC HEIDEN Provided he skates up to his potential and doesn't get sick or anything like that, I think he's got ...
ERIC HEIDEN You got to get lucky because it lasts for a week and a lot of things can happen in a week.
ERIC HEIDEN You don't really want to load up a whole lot, probably anything more than four hours before the ...
ERIC HEIDEN They're just big in the eyes of the American public.
ERIC HEIDEN It's not a sport you get famous at. If I wanted to be famous, I would have stuck with hockey.
ERIC HEIDEN Immediately after the Olympics, I was pretty fatigued.
ERIC HEIDEN I'd rather get a nice warmup suit. That's something I can use. Gold medals just sit there. W...
ERIC HEIDEN Heck, gold medals, what can you do with them?
ERIC HEIDEN Then going out on the ice usually about 15 minutes before and certain things I would do for the diff...
ERIC HEIDEN Sports and politics don't mix.
ERIC HEIDEN I really liked it best when I was a nobody.
ERIC HEIDEN I didn't get into skating to be famous.
ERIC HEIDEN Skating was good. I landed almost everything. I was very happy.
DAISUKE TAKAHASHI I was in the room when Sundar convinced Eric Schmidt that it would be possible to unseat Internet Ex...
CHRIS SACCA I actually have an ice-skating background. I skated until I was 15, for about eight years. It was ha...
T. V. CARPIO The idea was to honor Eric.
EDWARD GARDNER I really don't consider this a defeat because I am skating better and better every race.
SHANI DAVIS We literally looked at every single program we had. Every single thing was looked at and every sugge...
BRIAN DOYLE These are the most sponsors we've ever had. It's become a community event. It's a social thing. Spon...
LARRY GERWIG When I was in fourth grade, my family, we used to always go to the roller skating rink. There was th...
ALLISON BAVER There's a “Pleasure"of happiness
In every thing I really wanna do
When I find true happiness
In ev...
COCOY MCCOY I was very influenced by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, both of whom I had the pleasure of playing w...
MICK TAYLOR Skating will always be a part of my life whether I am skating to compete or skating for recreation.
MATT SAVOIE Everybody is skating well. I had to move my butt a little bit to make it.
CHRIS WITTY I was just sort of oblivious to what was going on. When Thome had surgery, I knew I'm the guy for th...
RYAN HOWARD ...But also because I find I really do…" He paused, as if he were about to say something outrageou...
CHARLAINE HARRIS The most important thing about skating is that it teaches you to do the things you should do before ...
BARBARA ANN SCOTT When you're representing a sport, people are more likely to judge and comment as, unlike other f...
VIJENDER SINGH I like to roller skate. I have been roller skating since I was eight.
MACKENZIE FOY I would have gained a lot more winter weight if I didn't participate in this. It's nice to have some...
JASON SORENSON Acting is easier than skating in a way and harder in other aspects. In skating, you get one chance, ...
TARA LIPINSKI I was just different. When the other kids gravitated to football or basketball, I went fishing and s...
GENE PITNEY The hardest thing I've ever done in my life was when I had to make this decision to end someone's li...
EUNICE NEWCOMER If one bad thing befell me, I immediately linked it to every bad thing that had happened in the last...
ROBIN HOBB Once I got there and started skating every day, I knew I had to make a full commitment. Somebody tol...
ALLISON BAVER I was so sad not to find her at the China Cup, ... When you know a skater for a long time, skating e...
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ERIC HEIDEN I have a very close friendship with the skaters.
ERIC HEIDEN In general, I enjoy athletes who have a strong character who let their abilities speak for themselve...
ERIC HEIDEN If you're a public relations person, any press is good press. It certainly brings more to the story ...
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ERIC HEIDEN Provided he skates up to his potential and doesn't get sick or anything like that, I think he's got ...
ERIC HEIDEN You got to get lucky because it lasts for a week and a lot of things can happen in a week.
ERIC HEIDEN You don't really want to load up a whole lot, probably anything more than four hours before the ...
ERIC HEIDEN They're just big in the eyes of the American public.
ERIC HEIDEN It's not a sport you get famous at. If I wanted to be famous, I would have stuck with hockey.
ERIC HEIDEN Immediately after the Olympics, I was pretty fatigued.
ERIC HEIDEN I'd rather get a nice warmup suit. That's something I can use. Gold medals just sit there. W...
ERIC HEIDEN I would recommend anybody who gets a chance to see short track skating, make it a point to go out th...
ERIC HEIDEN Heck, gold medals, what can you do with them?
ERIC HEIDEN Then going out on the ice usually about 15 minutes before and certain things I would do for the diff...
ERIC HEIDEN Sports and politics don't mix.
ERIC HEIDEN I really liked it best when I was a nobody.
ERIC HEIDEN I didn't get into skating to be famous.
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ERIC TOPOL As with almost every significant aspect of the Bush presidency, its handling of 9/11 was a catastrop...
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ERIC CLAPTON With vocal and choral music, first and foremost, it's the text. Not only do I need to serve the ...
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ERIC HOFFER Where you are in consciousness has everything to do with what you see in experience.
ERIC BUTTERWORTH Substantive abandonment of convention is evidence of mastery.
ERIC PARSLOW It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opini...
ERIC HOFFER A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
ERIC HOFFER Man was nature's mistake --she neglected to finish him -- and she has never ceased paying for her mi...
ERIC HOFFER