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It's important to be driven and have goals. You want an independent woman who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to go after it. It's attractive to me when a woman is doing what she loves. It makes me want to know more.
Apolo Ohno
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Apolo Ohno
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: May 22
Short Track Speed Skater
Seattle
Washington
Apolo Anton Ohno
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Winning does not always mean coming in first...real victory is in arriving at the finish line with no regrets because you know you've gone all out.
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You can't dwell on what happened. You can't live even a moment stewing in bitterness.
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Be YOU. Don't be someone else. YOU are a unique individual. Be proud... rock it loud.
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My dad always used to tell me that sometimes you have to have a massive storm in order to clear the sky.
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I wanted to play football or be a boxer, but my dad didn't want that because of all the impact. But in 1992 I was watching short track, and it was obscure, but they looked like superheroes in their tight outfits, and I thought it was amazing. I wanted to do that. I made the national team at 14.
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I've always wanted to play a role in inspiring people to be better, to live higher quality lives and to feel good about the way that they look and feel.
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We all naturally want to become successful... we also want to take shortcuts. And it's easy to do so, but you can never take away the effort of hard work and discipline and sacrifice.
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My first car was a Toyota 4Runner when I was 17. I paid for it myself. I was very happy.
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Generally, speed skaters don't run that much. I'm a little bit of an exception in that I run a lot.
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Vancouver is an amazing city and luckily, growing up in the Seattle area, I was able to immerse myself into the culture at a young age, traveling back and forth across the border for skating competitions as a youngster.
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I think so many times we focus so much on just the end result when when we finally reach that point we realize that was never the true goal. That was never really what it was all about.
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I had a ton of energy, ran around like crazy - more than a handful for my dad. I was crazy. Dad barely handled it. I was never diagnosed ADHD or anything like that, but I'm pretty sure I had it when I was younger. It's the only thing that would explain me getting into trouble all the time.
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Michael Phelps is a good friend of mine, so I'm very supportive of him.
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A lot of times, some of my best ideas happen when I'm running. That's when I do my best thinking.
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When there's somebody racing side-by-side, when somebody's right next to me and they're pushing and we're both tired, we're both fatigued, I want to be able to beat them mentally.
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U.S. Speedskating has been riddled with problems since when I started my career, and we were always able to look past that. When it came down to performing on the ice, regardless of funding issues, we were always able to make it happen. And that's what it's all about.
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Music to me is life. It's what gets me going.
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I rolled the second car that I ever owned, a Toyota 4 Runner. This was winter in Colorado, two weeks before the 2002 Olympic trials. I was driving in the outside lane, and my rear tire caught some black ice, and we totally turned sideways to the point where we were heading right toward the median.
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My father is 100% Japanese and came to the United States when he was only 18 years old. My grandmother still resides in Japan, which has allowed me to travel to the roots of my ancestors with my father.
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I tend to build bulk and muscle easily, and running seems to make sure I stay kind of stringy, if that makes sense.
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