Top 32 Quotes & Sayings by Bonnie Blair

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Bonnie Blair.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Bonnie Kathleen Blair is a retired American speed skater. She is one of the top skaters of her era, and one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic history. Blair competed for the United States in four Olympics, winning five gold medals and one bronze medal.

American - Athlete | Born: March 18, 1964

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What I've learned from my own journey, and from my family's experience with cancer, is how important it is to stay positive and move forward. Not every day is going to be perfect; that's life. But staying positive is going to get you to the next day.

Bonnie Blair

Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done before.

Bonnie Blair

Even though I enjoy that head-to-head competition part, one of the things that drove me to long track was if I won or if I lost I want to know it's all on my shoulders and it didn't have anything to do with anybody else.

Bonnie Blair

No matter what the competition is, I try to find a goal that day and better that goal.

Bonnie Blair

I will remember all the days at the Olympics.

Bonnie Blair

It's just so overwhelming to think, 'OK, the whole world is watching this!'

Bonnie Blair

My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always liked it.

Bonnie Blair

My dad saw it as a goal before I did, when I was 12 years old. I didn't think competing in Olympics was possible until I was 16.

Bonnie Blair

What's really hard is when you're having those more difficult days, you've got to be able to dig down deep and be able to go out there and do what it takes to be the best you can be, even on the hardest days.

Bonnie Blair

When you're in a sport like speed skating where the clock gives you the results, there is always a faster goal or a personal best to beat.

Bonnie Blair

I love short track. I competed in short track, I was a world champion in 1986 but at that point in time it wasn't in the Olympic Games so I moved into long track. Short track is a blast to skate and it's a blast to watch.

Bonnie Blair

You have to have the right mind-set.

Bonnie Blair

I just hope I can get another personal best. If I can do that, I'll be satisfied.

Bonnie Blair

My legs tightened up pretty much, and it was a hard last corner for me.

Bonnie Blair

Anytime you ride against the best in the world, it becomes a learning process.

Bonnie Blair

I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and for the U.S. was a pretty good thing to happen, I'd say.

Bonnie Blair

I never could have achieved the success that I have without setting physical activity and health goals.

Bonnie Blair

I'm definitely going to miss hearing the sound of that gun.

Bonnie Blair

This Olympics is almost a little sad. It is my final Olympics. There are a lot of good memories.

Bonnie Blair

It's sad to know I'm done. But looking back, I've got a lot of great memories.

Bonnie Blair

I was really happy with my race, though. I beat my personal best by 1.2 seconds.

Bonnie Blair

The sport I love has taken me around the world and shown me many things.

Bonnie Blair

There's probably nothing quite like crossing the finish line and seeing the clock read numbers that you have never seen before.

Bonnie Blair

Apolo is going to have to keep skating so he can add more gold to his entourage.

Bonnie Blair

A lot of people think I'm under a lot of pressure with my family and friends spending all that money to follow me around

Bonnie Blair

I don't remember the first time I skated on ice, I was too young. I do remember falling in love with that wind-in-my-face feeling while speed skating.

Bonnie Blair

It doesn't matter what anybody thinks of what I do. The clock doesn't lie.

Bonnie Blair

The distance between a person's dream and their accomplishments can only be measured by their desire.

Bonnie Blair

Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I would accomplish what I have in the sport

Bonnie Blair

Four key words--helped make my dreams come true. They are: dedication, balance, risk, and love.

Bonnie Blair

Winning doesn't always mean being first.

Bonnie Blair

There is no man in any rank who is always at liberty to act as he would incline. In some quarter or other he is limited by circumstances.