Eric Heiden

In general, I enjoy athletes who have a strong character who let their abilities speak for themselves. ↗

— Eric Heiden

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It's not a sport you get famous at. If I wanted to be famous, I would have stuck with hockey. ↗

— Eric Heiden

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One thing is having skated five of the best races I've probably could have skated. It was nice to peak at the right time and to do it in an important time in somebody's career. ↗

— Eric Heiden

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Sports and politics don't mix. ↗

— Eric Heiden

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Then going out on the ice usually about 15 minutes before and certain things I would do for the different races, aspects that you run through your mind. ↗

— Eric Heiden

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They're just big in the eyes of the American public. ↗

— Eric Heiden

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We never did a lot of weights, but a lot of repetitions. The most I would use doing squats was 300 pounds. ↗

— Eric Heiden

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We used to lift weights a couple of times a week, we did a lot of running. I enjoyed the variety. ↗

— Eric Heiden

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When I was skating you had to participate in every thing. ↗

— Eric Heiden

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You don't really want to load up a whole lot, probably anything more than four hours before the race. I needed something to make me feel full, but I certainly didn't want it to make me feel stuffed. ↗

— Eric Heiden

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