Apolo Ohno Quotes
She is going to be great. We have a program that includes the best from all over the world. Our coach is Chinese. We have Koreans, Canadians, the whole thing here. She began in a totally different philosophy.
No. 1 is the clothes have to be comfortable. No. 2 is what we represent and how we convey that. The outfits make a statement about us and the Games.
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 felt horrible. I didn`t even make it to the banquet after. I almost always go to the banquet. It was definitely running me down.
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.
Oh, I can`t wait. It`s so beautiful, the people, the culture, and we all love the food. It`s going to be spectacular.
I`ve seen almost every country do it. If you go over to Asia and you say `team skating` they`ll have no idea what you are talking about. They`ll be like, `oh that`s illegal, oh really that`s interesting.` It`s hard, very hard. Two or three (athletes) of any of the same country in any race is hard. I`ll have to overcome that and that`s a big challenge.
I was really bothered by it. I grew up around many Asian cultures, Korean one of them. A lot of my best friends were Korean growing up. I just didn`t understand. Later on I realized that was built up by certain people and that was directed at me, negative energy from other things, not even resulting around the sport, but around politics, using me to stand on the pedestal as the anti-American sentiment.
I`m not a clotheshorse but I do like to look good.
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.
