After my ski jumping career finished, I went back to school to study law, and now I travel between five to 20 times a year doing after-dinner speaking, motivational talks, appearances, openings, TV and radio shows. Eddie the Eagle More Quotes by Eddie the Eagle More Quotes From Eddie the Eagle No matter how many people say you can't do something, use that as inspiration to prove them wrong. Eddie the Eagle people-say you matter people I receive kindness every day. I love to smile when I'm out and about, and if someone smiles back, which happens about half the time, I think that's an act of kindness every couple of minutes in my day. Eddie the Eagle day smile kindness love I'm the Eagle: I can fly. Eddie the Eagle eagle fly i-can Some people thought I wasn't taking the sport seriously because I was always laughing and having fun, but I loved my skiing, I loved my jumping, and I thought, 'Well, why not have a smile on my face when I'm doing something that I really, really love doing,' and that's how I was. Eddie the Eagle face smile love people I want to prove to the skeptics that I'm not a clown. I'm very serious about what I do. I want to be a good ski jumper who has a sense of humor. Eddie the Eagle good sense-of-humor serious humor When I started competing, I was so broke that I had to tie my helmet with a piece of string. On one jump, the string snapped, and my helmet carried on farther than I did. I may have been the first ski jumper ever beaten by his gear. Eddie the Eagle jump first helmet may You've got to think life can give you some bad knocks; no matter how hard you're knocked, you've got to get up. Eddie the Eagle think you matter life I had no money, no training facilities, no snow, no ski jumps, no trainer, but I still managed to ski jump for my country - and getting there was my gold medal. Eddie the Eagle training money gold snow I'm a positive person who likes to have fun and get the best out of every day. Eddie the Eagle have-fun best day positive I have never, ever considered myself a failure. Eddie the Eagle ever never myself failure Resilience can go an awful long way. Eddie the Eagle go resilience long way If you have got a dream and you've got ambition, then go for it. You know, unless you try, you'll never know. Eddie the Eagle never you ambition dream I wish they'd build a ski jump at the Grand Canyon; it'd be fantastic. Eddie the Eagle jump i-wish build wish Where is it written that the Olympics are only for winners? Eddie the Eagle winners only where olympics In my case, there are only two kinds of hope - Bob Hope and no hope. Eddie the Eagle only no-hope hope two I broke my jaw jumping, and I broke my back and my neck in the downhill. This is normal for me. Eddie the Eagle back me broke jumping I liked being Eddie the Eagle, but I also like being Michael Edwards, plasterer and general builder. Eddie the Eagle eagle general being like Ski jumping is just 10 per cent physical, 90 per cent mental. Some people can't do that. It's not just to do with the fear at the top. It takes a lot of guts to go off the top, but it takes 100 times more courage to jump off the end. Eddie the Eagle end courage fear people Getting to the Olympic Games was my gold medal. Eddie the Eagle gold-medal getting gold games I have a big chin. Thick glasses. Eddie the Eagle chin big thick glasses
