Elvis Stojko
Elvis Stojko
Elvis Stojko, MSC, MSMis a Canadian figure skater. He is a three-time World champion, two-time Olympic silver medalist, and seven-time Canadian champion...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionFigure Skater
Date of Birth22 March 1972
CityNewmarket, Canada
CountryCanada
coming easily flow injured practicing quite
Before I injured my shoulder, I was practicing quads in practice, things were coming back quite easily for me and started to flow forward.
advantage audience bit grab kurt taking took
You go out and grab the audience a little bit more and Kurt took advantage of that being a little more humor, taking a little bit more time.
strength
I had the strength and the finesse there and put it all together.
competing confident decisions regards sure
But I'm very confident and very sure of myself on my decision, and the decisions I have made in regards to, you know, competing as an amateur.
mistake moving mean
I always push forward. It doesn't mean that I'll be perfect. I make mistakes -- but I learn from my mistakes, and move on.
sports years numbers
Technically, the last number of years, partially from the injury, it's been difficult to push forward but I felt even before the injury that I still could do more and was sort of at a stalemate.
sports nice winning
Just before I got down here I had a chance to see Agassi play another game and he smoked another player, which was nice to see. Someone who a lot of people thought couldn't come back and now he's winning.
sports champion trying
I trained and trained and went up against Kurt, then being a world champion in '94, and after that I did Tommy's tour and then my tour and all this stuff and just trying to deal with it all. And now, I've just kind of backed off a little.
sports squash done
Always looked up to Brian and his skating, I loved his skating and what he had done for the sport. And the triple axel, that was the thing, and I wanted a triple axel.
voice be-you inner-voice
Listen to the inner voice that allows you to be you!
believe keys long
A skater goes through a lot of different feelings during a competition. Staying calm is the key point. You feel a little anxious, a little nervous, a little unsettled. That's when you've got to trust your feelings, trust your abilities. Believe in what you have worked for so long to achieve. Have faith in yourself.
olympics wow pressure
And then, looking back at my first Olympics, and when the pressure was on, in '94 and '98, and looking back and going, wow. I sensed and felt what Brian had gone through.
opportunity progress different
You're always learning on different avenues and this is an opportunity for me to start on a fresh plate and start learning some other things that can really help me, that I need, and I want, to progress forward.
mom dad dancer
My mom was a dancer, my dad's a singer and I've always had that kind of music in my life.