Shani Davis
Shani Davis
Shani Davisis an Olympic Champion speed skater from the United States...
ProfessionSpeed Skater
Date of Birth13 August 1982
CityChicago, IL
home people priority tension
This is awesome. After all the controversy and tension at the Olympics, I wanted to show people at home that my priority is skating.
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No one loves you more than your mother. It's like on the Discovery Channel where you see a bald eagle do everything it can to protect its young. People can say whatever they want, but it's a sticks-and-stones thing.
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I couldn't hold it together mentally. I couldn't finish the race the way I needed to physically.
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I always wanted to be on the Olympic medal dias. It's a great feeling. It's a reward for all the hard work I have done, I don't think I will have any sleep tonight.
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I am upset because I didn't take advantage of the opportunity of being in the last pair and being able to really go for it.
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Shakes my hand when I lose. Typical Chad.
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I have a lot of respect for Chad. I want to see Chad do well. We're competitive but it's not about being competitive with Chad right now. It's just going out there and doing the best that you can as an individual and being able to accomplish the dream that you set.
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I have a lot of respect for Chad. For someone to come over (from in-line skating) and do what he's done for the sport is unfathomable. You wouldn't expect someone to be so versatile, especially at his age (28). I want to see Chad do well. But we're all fighting for the same thing. It's normal to have hard feelings sometimes.
fell
I did my best, but fell a little short. To me, that's more important than the handshake.
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It showed that all the hard work and all the sacrifice paid off. Kids in general, if you put your mind to it and you believe it, you can achieve it.
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It's not like we're going to fight each other and roll around in the snow. We're adults.
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It started to become a soap opera in there, so I decided to leave.
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This is where you do it. This is once every four years. and there's no telling if you'll ever have the opportunity, because there's always going to be somebody else coming. So, I did what I had to do.
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They have no idea how to prepare the ice. It changes every day and no one knows what will happen once the venue is full of spectators. It's the same for everyone though, so it's an open game.