When I dyed my hair, I didn't know how long I would be around and I didn't like thinking about how short my life would be, i wasn't planning on touching up roots. I'm here to deal with roots! I wasn't expecting to be around that long. And now, I'm planning for the future.

Sarah Hughes

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It's really ironic that I won, because that's not the goal that I had in mind when I went out to skate.

ironic athlete goal

I started skating because I loved it. I started when I was three and I didn't know all the sacrifices and all the hardships and how difficult day-in and day-out it would be.

skating hardship sacrifice

I wear my Peggy Fleming T-shirt when I go to sleep every night before I compete, and for the past four years, it's brought me incredible good luck.

good-luck sleep past

I think what every skater dreams of is not only skating the best program they can possibly skate, but, y'know, having the crowd roar at the end, and it was just so loud I couldn't even hear my music.

skating dream thinking

Katarina Witt. She was the ultimate competitor. She would just stare down people before competition. She was relentless on the ice.

competition ice people

Why would someone even do that? i mean, they weren’t bothering anybody. They’re well taken care of.

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These cats of Main Street had a home. by Sarah Hughes

These cats of Main Street had a home.

us

This kind of pain and loneliness is like being in a club you don't want to be in, i became a sister to him.

health-news

I realized at the time that the life I have is not living, it's not a life at all. I just want to try, i had watched my aunt die from this and saw what could happen. I always knew that could happen to me, I just didn't know when.

health-news

I have hope now, and I didn't have that before, my life is 100% d... by Sarah Hughes

I have hope now, and I didn't have that before, my life is 100% different.

health-news

It was a dream of mine to be an Olympic champion but not a lifelo... by Sarah Hughes

It was a dream of mine to be an Olympic champion but not a lifelong goal.

mine champion goal dream

I think it was a great moment for America to have two ladies on t... by Sarah Hughes

I think it was a great moment for America to have two ladies on the podium.

great think moment america

When I started my program... there was a big clock in the corner and I looked and it said nine o'clock exactly. And it was funny, because when I was standing on the podium, it said exactly 10 p.m., and this whole hour had changed my life.

my-life standing life funny

I want to do some skating and then go to law school in three years. I'm enjoying it and I'm going to see where it takes me.

see me law school

When I was skating I felt I represented not just my family and the people who helped me make it to that point, but also New York and the country.

me family country people

I could have been known for something terrible. by Sarah Hughes

I could have been known for something terrible.

could something been terrible

I liked being active. I liked being creative. by Sarah Hughes

I liked being active. I liked being creative.

liked being active creative

I showed everyone the medal and they said, 'Ooh, I can't believe how heavy it is,' Sometimes they were more interested in the medal than in me. I was like, 'Hey, what about me?'

everyone me sometimes believe

I didn't hold back. by Sarah Hughes

I didn't hold back.

hold back

I just skated for the fun of it. by Sarah Hughes

I just skated for the fun of it.

skated just fun