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Dorothy Hamill
Dorothy Hamill
American Athlete
Born: Jul 26, 1956
Depression Love Me Mother Think You
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At times, I feel overwhelmed and my depression leads me into darkness. Dorothy Hamill
Depression Me Darkness Feel Leads Times Overwhelmed
Everybody has to deal with tough times. A gold medal doesn't make you immune to that. A skater is used to falling down and getting up again. Dorothy Hamill
Tough Times You Tough Down Everybody Immune Make Deal Falling Up Times Getting Gold Gold Medal Skater Again Used Medal
It was very much like Norman Rockwell: small town America. We walked to school or rode our bikes, stopped at the penny candy store on the way home from school, skated on the pond. Dorothy Hamill
Home School Penny Our Way Way Home Small Small Town Town Like Rode Very Walked Norman Norman Rockwell America Stopped Candy Candy Store Store Skated Pond Bikes Much
My parents didn't have a lot of money, but we never knew that. They really did the best they could. Dorothy Hamill
Best Money Parents Could Never Knew Lot Did Really
I never really liked my short hair; it never occurred to me that people would want it. Dorothy Hamill
Me People Short Hair Hair Would Never Liked Occurred Short Want Really
I used to have terrible tantrums. I was temperamental when I was younger. Actually, what I needed was a swift kick in the pants. What a brat! Dorothy Hamill
Kick Pants Temperamental Terrible Tantrums Brat Younger Used Swift Actually Needed
Our family life, before figure skating turned it upside down, seemed normal. Our town of Riverside, Connecticut, was part of Greenwich, and we had the advantage of their wonderful community, with great beaches and beautiful parks. Dorothy Hamill
Life Beautiful Great Family Wonderful Before Community Down Our Our Town Seemed Beaches Parks Had Riverside Part Advantage Town Normal Family Life Greenwich Upside Upside Down Skating Turned Figure Figure Skating Connecticut
My legs are ice skaters' legs. No tan in sight. Dorothy Hamill
Sight Tan Legs Skaters Ice
Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on. Dorothy Hamill
Work Time You Better Every Think Every Time Slight Out Must Something Always Go Done Ice Flaws Should Things
I hated to read. My mother could not get me to read. I'm going through the same thing with my daughter now. I love to read now, but I don't remember reading. Dorothy Hamill
Love Me Remember Mother Daughter Reading Same Thing Hated Could Through Read Get Same Going Now Thing
I don't really think they saw anything in me, except the fact that I was interested in it. Some of the kids would miss a week here and miss a week there, I think they could see that I really enjoyed it. Dorothy Hamill
Me Think Saw Kids Would See Some Fact Week Except Could Miss Anything Interested Really Enjoyed Here
In group lesson number six I think we learned how to turn backwards and then just kind of wiggle. That wasn't really skating backward, but I guess I was going in the right direction. Dorothy Hamill
Backwards Group Lesson Think Wiggle Guess Backward Kind Direction Learned How Going Six Just Just Kind Skating Turn Then Really Right Number Right Direction
There were no competitions on television. The first skating competition I ever remember seeing on television was the 1968 Olympics when Peggy Fleming won. Dorothy Hamill
Competition Remember First Peggy Television Seeing Were Won Skating Fleming Ever Competitions Olympics
It's different today than it was then. In those days we were strictly amateurs. If I had wanted to stay in for the '80 Olympics, my parents couldn't have afforded it. Dorothy Hamill
Today Parents Strictly Those Stay Had Days Amateur Were Than Afforded Different Wanted Then Olympics
I'm certainly not a perfect mother, but I'm trying to be what my mother wasn't for me. My mother's battled depression, so I understand it now as a parent, some of the things that she must have been going through. Dorothy Hamill
Depression Me Mother Must Some Parent Perfect Through She Understand Been Trying Going Certainly Now Things
One naively thinks that by winning the Olympics, it's going to be this switch, and then your life is going to be perfect, and that's not reality. Dorothy Hamill
Life Reality Winning Perfect Going Then Your Switch Thinks Olympics
I had the most incredible time on 'Dancing With the Stars.' It never occurred to me when I took it on that I would physically not be able to do it because that's not in an Olympic competitor's vocabulary! It was the most wonderful environment, such a nurturing environment. Dorothy Hamill
Time Me Wonderful Nurturing Stars Competitor Incredible Took Dancing Dancing With The Stars Would Able Vocabulary Physically Never Had Environment Most Because Occurred Olympic
I was really a spoiled brat when I was a kid skating. Meals are cooked for you, you are driven to the rink, they make costumes for you. Your parents sit around and watch admiringly while you skate. You don't have to think about anything but skating. You're just plain spoiled. Dorothy Hamill
You Parents Sit Think Kid Rink About Costumes Driven Spoiled Spoiled Brat Make Around Brat Just Skate Anything While Skating Meals Plain Really Your Cooked Watch
Money is evil. Dorothy Hamill
Money Evil
If I hadn't been born a woman, I would have certainly been gay. Dorothy Hamill
Gay Woman Would Born Been Certainly
I've made a commitment to concentrate on my career as an entertainer. Dorothy Hamill
Commitment Made Entertainer Concentrate Career
My whole family, my father's side, there was a great deal of depression, and my mother's side as well. Dorothy Hamill
Depression Great Family Mother Father Great Deal Side Well Deal Whole
Luckily, I discovered ice skating when I was eight and a half years old. There were two wonderful ponds within walking distance of my house. After all the physical activity the summer provided, I craved movement in the cold of winter. I had no skates, so Mom stuffed socks into my brother's old ones. Dorothy Hamill
Mom Winter Wonderful Old Half Cold Distance Summer Brother Physical Physical Activity Had Stuffed House Half Years Within Were Years Discovered Provided Walking Movement Eight After Skates Ice Skating Old Ones Luckily Activity Socks Two
My parents believed in exposing each of their children to an abundance of varied activities in the hope they would find something they loved. They each had found a passion - Dad with his music and Mom with her horses - so it was natural for them to encourage experimentation. Dorothy Hamill
Hope Music Mom Natural Passion Parents Would Find Something Varied Horses Had Abundance His Encourage Children Loved Experimentation Them Exposing Each Dad Activities Found Believed Her
I don't think television really captures the speed and the power of skating. Dorothy Hamill
Power Think Speed Television Skating Really Captures
If you don't know a lot about figure skating, it's easy to fall in love with ice dancing because it's so romantic and so theatrical. Dorothy Hamill
Love You Fall Dancing Easy About Know Because Lot Romantic Ice Skating Theatrical Figure Figure Skating
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