Peggy Fleming Quotes

Peggy Fleming — American Athlete born on July 27, 1948,

Peggy Gail Fleming is an American former figure skater. She is the 1968 Olympic Champion in Ladies' singles and a three-time World Champion. Fleming has been a television commentator on figure skating for over 20 years, including several Winter Olympic Games... (wikipedia)

I think skating helped me find myself.

I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.

The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.

When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I really had to put my head down and stay positive. I had to fight.

As a young child, I played the violin. I think that that started the spark.

Peggy Fleming Quotes

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