Eric Heiden Professions : Speed Skater Born : June 14, 1958 Browse All Authors Top 26 quotes by Eric Heiden Heck, gold medals, what can you do with them? Eric Heiden medals them you gold It's not a sport you get famous at. If I wanted to be famous, I would have stuck with hockey. Eric Heiden famous get you hockey One thing is having skated five of the best races I've probably could have skated. It was nice to peak at the right time and to do it in an important time in somebody's career. Eric Heiden best nice important time They're just big in the eyes of the American public. Eric Heiden american eyes big just We never did a lot of weights, but a lot of repetitions. The most I would use doing squats was 300 pounds. Eric Heiden did doing never use We used to lift weights a couple of times a week, we did a lot of running. I enjoyed the variety. Eric Heiden lift enjoyed week used Similar Authors Dianne Holum speed-skater Dan Jansen speed-skater Chris Witty speed-skater Cindy Klassen speed-skater Catriona Le May Doan speed-skater Joey Cheek speed-skater All Authors