Mioko Yamaguchi Quotes

#1. Move quickly. Sound, calm mind. Be light in body. Have a clever mind. Master the basics. #Quote by Gogen Yamaguchi

#2. I love showing my personality in my cooking. #Quote by Roy Yamaguchi

#3. One of my mottos not only just in skating but in life in general and I try to enforce it as well, is like no regrets and just like going for it. #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi

#4. A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action. #Quote by Gogen Yamaguchi

#5. I don't know how many people really knew who I was before the Olympics and that's the fun thing of the Olympics - you get to know someone who captures your heart, hopefully. #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi

#6. You know what, I don't really watch a lot of cooking shows, but what's great about them is that it inspires a lot of the younger generation so, you know, with cooking shows and reality shows and the social media, I think it really makes our industry a hotter industry. #Quote by Roy Yamaguchi

#7. You can't feel lonely if there's no one else around.

-Yamaguchi Kenji (Yamaken) #Quote by Robico

#8. I've realized how precious life is. When I was younger, I was more adventurous. I felt invincible. I was game for everything. As a mom, I don't want to get injured because then I can't take care of my kids. #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi

#9. He had been dazzled. Because of the dazzling brightness, he had had to kill [Seigen]. All who had encountered Seigen had had their hearts stolen by that brightness. That envy had turned to malice. #Quote by Takayuki Yamaguchi

#10. Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under pressure. #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi

#11. The past couple years training with Kurt have really brought inspiration into my skating. #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi

#12. I'm kind of a homebody. My husband says I like to just stay home and do nothing, but that's just how I am. #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi

#13. Winning in women's singles felt surreal. I felt that everything I had done - the hard work, the tough times - was all worth it. #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi

#14. As a professional, I think we're not being judged solely on technical ability anymore. People really want to be entertained and enjoy what they're watching. #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi

#15. Skating was something I really wanted to do; my parents knew nothing about it. They said they'd support me as long as I was trying my hardest and enjoying it. #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi

#16. I'd try to channel my nervous energy in a positive way into strength and endurance. It didn't always work. #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi

#17. Having achieved my own dreams, I want to give to kids who are less fortunate, who struggle with everyday obstacles. I want to give them something positive in their lives: support. #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi

#18. Before turning pro, I would never have just left my skates sitting in the locker room unattended. #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi

#19. Growing up as an athlete, I started skating very young. My parents didn't know anything about the sport, so they went with the flow. I had two great coaches who gave great advice and gave guidelines for my parents. My parents let the coaches dictate what was going on on the ice. #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi

#20. I always try to start out with some type of goal. Then I work backward and think of what I need to do to get there, and give myself smaller goals that are more immediate. #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi

#21. Now, I am thrilled to be a wife and mother, and I hope to be as good of a mother as my own mother, Carole. #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi

#22. It is not the number of Kata you know, but the SUBSTANCE of the Kata you have acquired. #Quote by Gogen Yamaguchi

#23. It's easy to listen to what you are taught. But it's difficult to find what you have within yourself and master it as yor own. #Quote by Gogen Yamaguchi

#24. They say, once you have a child, your heart is forever outside your body. I totally understand that now. #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi

#25. In terms of my career, having the gold definitely changed my life. The Olympics are different, you know? They're every four years and it's such a small group. #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi

#26. Understand that the essence of martial arts is not the art itself, but what's hidden deep within yourself. #Quote by Gogen Yamaguchi

#27. See, I'm a believer that people are born with a sense of cooking. It's something within them that really gives them the ability to create and to understand flavors. #Quote by Roy Yamaguchi

#28. I'm a perfectionist. #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi

#29. Figure skaters have awful perceptions of hockey players. #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi

#30. I learned to put 100 percent into what you're doing. I learned about setting goals for yourself, knowing where you want to be and taking small steps toward those goals. I learned about adversity and how to get past it. #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi

#31. I like working with fish, so naturally I like seafood. #Quote by Roy Yamaguchi

#32. I never wanted to feel I hadn't worked hard enough. #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi

#33. You don't go to school to become the best chef in the world right after you graduate. School is always a starting point so what people forget is that you go to school to build a foundation, and you want to build a foundation that's not going to crumble. #Quote by Roy Yamaguchi

#34. I burnt myself out of skating. I was ready to focus on being a mom. #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi

#35. Of all the things I have been privileged to do and experience in life, the highest honor has been fatherhood. Wishing Fathers everywhere a wonderful day. #Quote by Roy Yamaguchi

#36. I've had a lot more fun with the training. #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi

#37. No matter how pathetic or pitiful, every human is fated to have one moment in their lives in which they can change their own destiny. #Quote by Takayuki Yamaguchi

#38. Everything that happened in '92 was more than I had dreamed of ... winning the U.S. title for the first time and then doing so well at the Olympics ... It seemed to wrap things up so perfectly. I couldn't help thinking, 'How could I top that?' #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi

#39. The only people who should be allowed to govern countries with nuclear weapons are mothers, those who are still breast-feeding their babies. #Quote by Tsutomu Yamaguchi

#40. My experience at the 1992 Winter Olympics was my fulfillment of dreaming the Impossible Dream. #Quote by Kristi Yamaguchi