I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open. Nancy Kerrigan More Quotes by Nancy Kerrigan More Quotes From Nancy Kerrigan And I love what I do and I love skating. Nancy Kerrigan skating Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose. Everyone has bad stretches and real successes. Either way, you have to be careful not to lose your confidence or get to confident. Nancy Kerrigan leadershipsuccessrunning It was never about winning medals or being famous. Nancy Kerrigan winnerwinningfame Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose. Nancy Kerrigan winningrunningsports People would ask me why I was doing what I was doing - but I always told them that I just loved to skate. There was no other explanation. Nancy Kerrigan doing-meask-mepeople It is a process of finding the right music then planning a costume to fit that style of music. Nancy Kerrigan costumesstylesports But it seems that the judging maybe they shouldn't at least see the practices all week long. That can taint the way they go into the judging and the outlook of what's going to happen, instead of just watching those four minutes and judging on those minutes alone. Nancy Kerrigan practicesportslong Even now I can't describe why I love skating so much. Nancy Kerrigan skatingi-can I was a tomboy who liked to play rough just like my two older brothers. That's probably why I liked the athletic part of skating - especially the jumping! Nancy Kerrigan jumpingbrothersports I get to see the different sides of skating now which involves not only competing, but entertainment. Nancy Kerrigan skatingtwo-sidessports 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. Nancy Kerrigan lessonsparentsports I like to try all kinds of styles so it always challenges me and forces me to try to look different. Nancy Kerrigan stylechallengessports People are really sick of seeing the winner not win and what the public thinks should happen. Nancy Kerrigan winningpeoplethinking It was always fun to skate with Paul Wylie and Paul Martini. Nancy Kerrigan martinifunsports There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start young. But, I practice with many adult competitors. Nancy Kerrigan practiceexercisesports 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. Nancy Kerrigan homesportsmoving 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! Nancy Kerrigan motherwaitingsports 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. Nancy Kerrigan husbandbrothersports 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 sleepmorningsports I do not have any pets. We travel too much. Nancy Kerrigan too-muchpettravel
