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It wasn't always easy getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to go to the rink. Sometimes I wanted to just go back to sleep.
Nancy Kerrigan
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Nancy Kerrigan
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 13
Figure Skater
Woburn
Massachusetts
Nancy Ann Kerrigan
Nancy Ann Kerrigan-Solomon
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But after a few minutes of convincing myself that I really wanted to go - telling myself that I love skating and that my coach is there waiting for me - I would get up and go. And my mother would always get up and eat breakfast with me!
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My hobbies are painting, crafts, and I like golfing.
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I get to see the different sides of skating now which involves not only competing, but entertainment.
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I think it's a lot harder for the pros to have a long career in ice dance and in pairs. It seems the singles have a little bit of a longer career.
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It is a process of finding the right music then planning a costume to fit that style of music.
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Even now I can't describe why I love skating so much.
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It was always fun to skate with Paul Wylie and Paul Martini.
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I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!
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My dad worked several jobs to pay for my expense in skating.
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I took group lessons at a rink near my home. We first had to learn how to stand up on the ice wearing skates. Eventually we learned to move forward, but soon found out that it was not that easy to stop! So that was our next important lesson.
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Even now, my husband Jerry, our son Matthew and I live only five minutes away from my parents home, and my brothers live about ten minutes away. It's been great having such a supportive family.
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I started skating when I was six years old.
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My parents never pressured me to skate. They always said I could quit if I wanted to. They only expected me to skate when they had already paid for the expensive lessons. But, otherwise they said I could do what I wanted to do.
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I do not have any pets. We travel too much.
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I worked also, doing things such as our paper route and, later on, waitressing.
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I like to try all kinds of styles so it always challenges me and forces me to try to look different.
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