Thank you! Don't forget to confirm subscription in your email.
Dorothy Hamill —
American
Athlete
born on July 26, 1956,
Dorothy Stuart Hamill is a retired American figure skater. She is the 1976 Olympic champion in ladies' singles and the 1976 World champion... (wikipedia)
It was very much like Norman Rockwell: small town America. We walked to school or rode our bikes, stopped at the penny candy store on the way home from school, skated on the pond.
At times, I feel overwhelmed and my depression leads me into darkness.
Everybody has to deal with tough times. A gold medal doesn't make you immune to that. A skater is used to falling down and getting up again.
The mind is pretty powerful. In skating, you learn to click into that zone and focus not necessarily on what you're doing but if you're doing it well.
You see the fairy tale - four minutes of glory at the Olympics. I thought my life would be cake after that.