Peggy Fleming

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

— Peggy Fleming

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

— Peggy Fleming

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Giving life to music through skating was something I wanted to be known for. ↗

— Peggy Fleming

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I really loved what the guys were doing more than anything, how high they jumped, how effortless it was. ↗

— Peggy Fleming

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I think skating helped me find myself. ↗

— Peggy Fleming

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In 1968, in the midst of the tumultuous 1960s, the Olympics were much more than just another event. ↗

— Peggy Fleming

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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. ↗

— Peggy Fleming

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Skating was the vessel into which I could pour my heart and soul. ↗

— Peggy Fleming

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

— Peggy Fleming

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Then came the choreography... the impact of music and choreography tends to really emphasize an overall feeling of what you really want out of the program. ↗

— Peggy Fleming

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