Working Mother: 2010 Winter Olympic Mom Athletesĭorothy Hamill was my big idol as a kid.This book is a picture book for the children group of N. I remember seeing Peggy Fleming and Dorothy Hamill and wanting to capture the magic of those shows. I'd seen the Ice Follies, the Ice Capades. I expressed an interest when I was about 4 or 5. Skating wasn't assigned to me, but when I wanted to skate, the doctors said it would help. I was lucky they corrected it when I was so young. The braces hurt my legs a lot, and I remember trying to walk with a bar in between my feet - I had to shuffle. When the casts came off, I wore corrective shoes connected by a brace to turn my feet until I was about 2. I was born with clubfeet, and I had plaster casts on my legs from when I was a couple of months old until age 1. I felt like it was my activity and I was the one driving it. They let me and my coach develop a relationship. If you're not going to try your best, maybe you don't have to do this anymore." When I was slacking, they'd say, "Hey, this is taking a lot of time and energy for us. They said they'd support me as long as I was trying my hardest and enjoying it. Skating was something I really wanted to do my parents knew nothing about it. How did your parents nurture your talent without pushing?
I'd try to channel my nervous energy in a positive way into strength and endurance. Still, every single time, I'd be nervous, no matter what competition it was.
I'd tell myself I'd trained and I was ready. I would run it through in my mind and watch the routine on the floor. The day and night before competitions, I would visualize my performance. How did you handle the pressure of competing? I felt that everything I had done - the hard work, the tough times - was all worth it. And then there was this incredible feeling of excitement and relief. I remember watching the skaters, wondering what was going to happen. What do you remember about winning the 1992 Olympic figure skating championship? She recently spoke with Suzanne Riss of Working Mother magazine. ( Working Mother) - Olympic gold medal winner Kristi Yamaguchi finds life off the ice exhilarating, thanks to her daughters and projects that range from contestant on ABC TV's "Dancing with the Stars" to special correspondent for NBC's "Today" during the Winter Olympic Games. She says skating taught her to put 100 percent into everything she does.They have two daughters, who Yamaguchi said are very different from each other.Yamaguchi is married to former NHL player Bret Hedican.Kristi Yamaguchi, the '92 Olympic figure skating champ, is in Vancouver Games for NBC.
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