Quotes By Kristi Yamaguchi

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.

They say, once you have a child, your heart is forever outside your body. I totally understand that now.

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.

Before turning pro, I would never have just left my skates sitting in the locker room unattended.

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.

Childhood reading is so important.

My experience at the 1992 Winter Olympics was my fulfillment of dreaming the Impossible Dream.

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