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The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.

Peggy Fleming

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Peggy Fleming
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 27
Figure Skater
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San Jose
California
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It's a level of strength and character that few of us can imagine a grace under pressure that few of us will ever attain. It's why an Olympic gold medal would not have made us love or admire her more.
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