Michelle Kwan
Michelle Kwan
Michelle Wingshan Kwanis an American figure skater. She is a two-timeOlympic medalist, five-timeWorld champion and nine-timeU.S. champion...
ProfessionFigure Skater
Date of Birth7 July 1980
CityTorrance, CA
mean-girls people doing-me
I always thought after 2002 that I'd hang up my skates and turn professional and just go on tour and do shows. But I don't know when it is enough. I mean, I still enjoy it. I'm the luckiest girl alive that I get to perform in front of thousands of people, do what I love doing.
being-yourself fun hard-work
Work hard, be yourself, and have fun!
thinking focus negative
Don't focus on the negative things that can happen, just think about the positive things.
regret mistake fall
You can always say, 'I wish I had landed that triple flip better, or I wish I didn't fall.' They're not regrets, just mistakes.
fearless failing knows
At 13, I was fearless. I looked at everything so positive. When you're older and been through it all, you know how bad it can get. There is a fear of failing.
preparation secret knows
I don't know secret to success, but I'm pretty sure the closest thing is preparation
sports heart sight
I skated like it's a sport, went for everthing and just gave it my best shot. It turned out freat. I had nothing to lose. You might be the best in your heart, but not in other people's sight.
legends skating figures
When I was younger, I always dreamed of being a legend, to be remembered in figure skating.
good-friend rich ifs
If you have nothing in life but a good friend, you're rich.
fun school kids
Skating takes up 70 percent of my time, school about 25 percent. Having fun and talking to my friends, 5 percent. It's hard. I envy other kids a lot of things, but I get a guilt trip when I'm not training.
morning luck wish
I got a call this morning, and it was from Nancy Kerrigan, wishing me luck. She wished me luck and sent me all her good wishes.
skating priceless given
Skating has given me so much that it's priceless.
powerful winning admire
The one who wins all the time is great and powerful, but the one who had been trampled on and fallen is who I admire the most
meaningful fall kids
When I look at the kids training today... I can tell which ones are going to do well. It's not necessarily the ones who have the most natural talent or who fall the least. Sometimes it's the kids who fall the most, and keep pulling themselves up and trying again.