Quotes

• "They can just throw me in the desert and bury me.  I got a gold medal. I'm good now."
• "My journey was not to win four golds. It was coming to the Olympics, experiencing it, and performing my best, regardless of medal outcome."
• "I just did my best, and I shined like a star."
• "I always believed that I could be number one in the world. I've got a bull's eye on my back."
• "I don't want to be the fattest.  I don't want to be the slowest.  I want to be the best."
• “Speed skating is like floating on the ice. When I’m in a great mood and my spirits are light, it’s a beautiful feeling. It’s gliding.”
• "Could I have made it this far if I had ever used drugs? ......Please!"
• "Skating was a gift given to me, and it's a sport I love.  I go out there every single day and there isn't a day I don't want to be out there."
• “I'm not a clotheshorse but I do like to look good.”
• “I think I'm better all around as a skater. Physically, I think I'm definitely stronger. I'm lighter, I'm leaner, I know a lot more about my body.”
• “My life in general has been pretty much the same. I try to live the same lifestyle I was in 2002. I want to keep the same values.”
• “I was going to after-Oscar parties. I was mingling with the Hollywood crowd. It's really easy to become distracted when you have opportunities to do that kind of stuff. There's no way I would ever turn that stuff down, but it's important for me to realize why I'm here, what I'm trying to do and the goals I'm trying to accomplish.”
• "My journey was not to win four golds.  It was coming to the Olympics, experiencing it, and perfecting myself regardless of medal outcome."
• "It just came to me.  This is something I was meant to do."
• "I have great turning ability.  My corners are pretty strong. I'm very explosive, and I'm down in position.  I have good passing ability."
• "I think it's only the beginning.  This is Chapter one."
• "If you think about all the athletes in this world and all the people in this world who have given their all toward something and [it]seems like they've done everything right, but they haven't won that medal or they haven't succeeded, is it now all for nothing? Absolutely not! That journey is what is going to shape them for the rest of their lives. ~My hero Apolo Anton Ohno (apolosgal)
• "And I'm like, this is wonderful. I'm at the Olympic Games and we've got freakin' ghosts walking around." — On a encounter with a ghost during the 2006 Torino Games, The Tonight Show (californiagrown)
• "I'm the better player... let's just get that straight..." - Apolo on the basketball rivalry between him and Shani
• "I went up on that podium and I saw all these people rise to their feet and start clapping and start chanting my name and I was like, 'this is incredible!'. I didn't win the race and these people are still chanting! That doesn't happen very often in America. Americans want to win. But for some reason, this time, they rose, and I was like 'this is awesome.'. I'll remember that one for the rest of my life even though I didn't win. Isn't that ironic?"- Apolo on winning silver in Salt Lake
• "It was a moment I can replay over and over and over in my head. It's like tattooed on me now. It's there for life.... If you don't have a chance to ever win an Olympic medal, maybe, like, get your family members together and set it up, and just pretend, because it is unbelievable! LOL" - Apolo on winning gold in Salt Lake - (bellamusici)
• "They've given up everything they have toward the sport," he says, in admiration. "Everything. I think that's unbelievable. I see all the sweat, all the emotions. I see how bad they want it, and the amount of pain they go through to achieve their dreams. I think it's awesome. I've always loved amateur sports because of that — because of the struggle. "It's the stuff that makes amateur athletes special." - Apolo on the athletes who have a shot at Olympic medal. (sintha)
  

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"An Evening with Apolo"
University of Arkansas lecture
Fayetteville Town Center
8 p.m.
April 1, 2008

A Night With Apolo
(Nikkei Concerns benefit gala)
POSTPONED
Sheraton Hotel
Seattle, WA

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