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Eric Heiden
American
Athlete
Born:
Jun 15
,
1958
Before
Best
Did
Famous
Get
You
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I didn't get into skating to be famous.
Eric Heiden
Get
Famous
Skating
Cyclists, I work with a number of cyclists. They are great athletes; they are great aerobic athletes. If you ask them to hit a baseball or golf ball, they can't do that.
Eric Heiden
Work
Great
You
Athletes
Ball
Aerobic
Hit
Golf
Golf Ball
Them
Ask
Cyclists
Baseball
Number
I have a very close friendship with the skaters.
Eric Heiden
Friendship
Very
Close
Skaters
I would recommend anybody who gets a chance to see short track skating, make it a point to go out there when Apolo is skating because you won't see anybody better.
Eric Heiden
You
Better
Out
Recommend
Would
See
Point
Make
Track
Because
Go
Gets
Short
Anybody
Skating
Who
Chance
I'd rather get a nice warmup suit. That's something I can use. Gold medals just sit there. When I get old, maybe I could sell them if I need the money.
Eric Heiden
Money
Old
Sit
Nice
Something
Rather
Could
Sell
Get
Maybe
Just
Gold
Them
Use
Medals
Need
Suit
Immediately after the Olympics, I was pretty fatigued.
Eric Heiden
Immediately
Pretty
After
Olympics
In general, I enjoy athletes who have a strong character who let their abilities speak for themselves.
Eric Heiden
Character
Speak
Strong
Enjoy
Strong Character
Athletes
Ability
General
Themselves
Who
It's not a sport you get famous at. If I wanted to be famous, I would have stuck with hockey.
Eric Heiden
You
Would
Stuck
Sport
Get
Hockey
Famous
Wanted
Then going out on the ice usually about 15 minutes before and certain things I would do for the different races, aspects that you run through your mind.
Eric Heiden
You
Mind
Before
Out
Run
Would
Minutes
About
Through
Going
Different
Ice
Races
Then
Certain
Aspects
Your
Certain Things
Things
They're just big in the eyes of the American public.
Eric Heiden
Eyes
Big
American
Just
Public
American Public
We had a party with the rest of the skaters in our trailer and then the next day we were off to see Jimmy Carter. And then we had the World Championships the next weekend, so not a lot of chance to catch up.
Eric Heiden
Day
World
Rest
Party
Our
Jimmy
Jimmy Carter
Carter
See
Weekend
Had
Catch
Were
Lot
Off
Trailer
Up
Skaters
Then
Next
Championships
Chance
We never did a lot of weights, but a lot of repetitions. The most I would use doing squats was 300 pounds.
Eric Heiden
Would
Pounds
Never
Weights
Most
Doing
Lot
Repetitions
Did
Use
We used to lift weights a couple of times a week, we did a lot of running. I enjoyed the variety.
Eric Heiden
Running
Variety
Week
Lift
Weights
Couple
Lot
Times
Did
Used
Enjoyed
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