Sasha Cohen
Sasha Cohen
Alexandra Pauline "Sasha" Cohenis an American figure skater. She is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World Championship medalist, the 2003 Grand Prix Final Champion, and the 2006 U.S. Champion...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFigure Skater
Date of Birth26 October 1984
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
appreciate enjoy figure five ice might nice realize seconds stand train year
You figure you train all year for this, you're so nervous, so you might as well stand on the ice and enjoy it for more than five seconds. I realize everything I have been through and what I have done, appreciate the audience. It's nice to have just 30 seconds of relief.
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I stayed strong, and I believed in myself and to finish up a strong program and get a standing ovation and then to have the judges give me great marks on top of that was everything I could have asked for.
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I shall leave you with an ambiguous answer.
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I've been training very hard and very well, ... I've been nailing 99 percent of what I do in practice. That gave me the confidence to do this. I expected to skate well.
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I've been nailing 99 percent of what I do in practice and that gave me the confidence to do what I did out there, ... I had a whole summer of hard work, I trained hard, and it paid off so I'm happy.
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I've stopped trying to be perfect. When I train, I'm not afraid to make a mistake. I train harder and make more mistakes, but I feel more prepared. I'm not holding back and becoming a better athlete.
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This is really a window for people to choose what they want to skate to and try to explore new things, just do whatever they want. It's really nice to have options to express our creativity.
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This is one of my first years where I'm on track and on target.
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After my skate, I took off my dress, I changed and I really didn't think I was going to get a medal. I was just a little bit in shock, just sitting there.
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Definitely you have to be able to handle pressure and shake off any mistake and I kind of didn't do that tonight. I let that first mistake creep in. I have to be tougher.
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I've always wanted a national title. I've got a lot of silvers in shoe boxes and storage units all over the place. I think the gold one will have a special place.
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I've always tried to be perfect. And I need to stop trying to be perfect and worry about becoming better.
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I've always emulated her work ethic because she was one of the few skaters that didn't lose her temper, that would have a bad day, but have a great attitude, come back and try again. That was a huge lesson for me to learn.
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I wanted to enjoy the performance. This is a really fun program, a Gypsy number. It's very seductive and playful and it's getting involved with the crowd and the judges. I enjoyed it and just let it happen.