Top 26 Quotes & Sayings by Eric Heiden

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Eric Heiden.

Last updated on September 18, 2024.

Eric Arthur Heiden is an American physician and a former long track speed skater, road cyclist and track cyclist. He won an unprecedented five individual gold medals, and set four Olympic records and one world record at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games. Heiden was the most successful athlete at those Olympic Games, single-handedly winning more gold medals than all nations except for the Soviet Union (10) and East Germany (9). He is the most successful Winter Olympian from a single edition of any Winter Olympics. He delivered the Athlete's Oath at those same 1980 Games. His coach was Dianne Holum.

American - Athlete | Born: June 15, 1958

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I mean you got to thank your parents for giving you the right genes.

Eric Heiden

In general, I enjoy athletes who have a strong character who let their abilities speak for themselves.

Eric Heiden

I'm not a big fan of those who are egotistical and so outspoken.

Eric Heiden

I would recommend anybody who gets a chance to see short track skating, make it a point to go out there when Apolo is skating because you won't see anybody better.

Eric Heiden

I didn't get into skating to be famous.

Eric Heiden

It's not a sport you get famous at. If I wanted to be famous, I would have stuck with hockey.

Eric Heiden

I have a very close friendship with the skaters.

Eric Heiden

We used to lift weights a couple of times a week, we did a lot of running. I enjoyed the variety.

Eric Heiden

We never did a lot of weights, but a lot of repetitions. The most I would use doing squats was 300 pounds.

Eric Heiden

You don't really want to load up a whole lot, probably anything more than four hours before the race. I needed something to make me feel full, but I certainly didn't want it to make me feel stuffed.

Eric Heiden

Heck, gold medals, what can you do with them?

Eric Heiden

Immediately after the Olympics, I was pretty fatigued.

Eric Heiden

When I was skating you had to participate in every thing.

Eric Heiden

You got to get lucky because it lasts for a week and a lot of things can happen in a week.

Eric Heiden

Cyclists, I work with a number of cyclists. They are great athletes; they are great aerobic athletes. If you ask them to hit a baseball or golf ball, they can't do that.

Eric Heiden

Sports and politics don't mix.

Eric Heiden

I really liked it best when I was a nobody.

Eric Heiden

They're just big in the eyes of the American public.

Eric Heiden

One thing is having skated five of the best races I've probably could have skated. It was nice to peak at the right time and to do it in an important time in somebody's career.

Eric Heiden

We had a party with the rest of the skaters in our trailer and then the next day we were off to see Jimmy Carter. And then we had the World Championships the next weekend, so not a lot of chance to catch up.

Eric Heiden

I'd rather get a nice warmup suit. That's something I can use. Gold medals just sit there. When I get old, maybe I could sell them if I need the money.

Eric Heiden

Then going out on the ice usually about 15 minutes before and certain things I would do for the different races, aspects that you run through your mind.

Eric Heiden

How much you move affects your strength, your power, your balance, how you look, how you think, how well you withstand the high winds and rain showers of life and how long you will stand. Everyone needs concentrated doses of several kinds of movement to remain functional.

Eric Heiden

It is not the events in our life that define our character, but how we deal with them.

Eric Heiden

I had the drive to pursue speedskating and I found a sport that I was good at. If I'd got into cycling, I would just be another has been.

Eric Heiden

On today's athletes: I wish I could turn back the clock a little bit so I'd have a chance to cut it up with those guys.

Eric Heiden