Name	Peggy Fleming
Age	61
Date of Birth	July 19, 1948
Birthplace	San Jose, California
Star Sign	Cancer
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	White
Occupation	Sports Figure
Celebrity Index	Pe
Claim to Fame	Olympic gold medal in 1968
Rate this Date	Please select   1 - (out of 10)   2 - (out of 10)   3 - (out of 10)   4 - (out of 10)   5 - (out of 10)   6 - (out of 10)   7 - (out of 10)   8 - (out of 10)   9 - (out of 10) 10 - (out of 10)

• 
  gr8pixx

Trivia and Quotes

Quotes

Then came the choreography... the impact of music and choreography tends to really emphasize an overall feeling of what you really want out of the program.

(brainyquote.com)

In 1968, in the midst of the tumultuous 1960s, the Olympics were much more than just another event.

(brainyquote.com)

There were pretty rigid rules and real traditional music. Traditional choreography. It`s gradually gotten more free, and the rules have changed.

(brainyquote.com)

The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.

(brainyquote.com)

I think skating helped me find myself.

(brainyquote.com)

The world went by, and we didn`t get caught up in all the other things, because we didn`t have time. We had no spare time. It was always thinking about training and focusing on what we wanted, our goals.

(brainyquote.com)

My sport taught me what I could do with my talents, whether in the rink or in the rest of my life.

(brainyquote.com)

I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.

(brainyquote.com)

When I got my diagnosis, I treated it like the Olympics. I tried to stay positive and told my doctor I was going to be the best patient he`d ever had.

(brainyquote.com)

Giving life to music through skating was something I wanted to be known for.

(brainyquote.com)

When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I really had to put my head down and stay positive. I had to fight.

(brainyquote.com)

As a young child, I played the violin. I think that that started the spark.

(brainyquote.com)

When I was on the ice, in the lights, with the music and the motion, there was a certain kind of flirtation that gave great energy and expressiveness to my performance.

(brainyquote.com)

We wanted to be achievers, but being an achiever didn`t mean that you stopped being a woman.

(brainyquote.com)

Skating was the vessel into which I could pour my heart and soul.

(brainyquote.com)

When you are doing something soft and pretty and feminine, some romantic chemistry - a power boost of hormones - helps the piece.

(brainyquote.com)

I really loved what the guys were doing more than anything, how high they jumped, how effortless it was.

(brainyquote.com)

See also Trivia Index (P) :: Quotes Index (P) :: Connections Index (P)

• Peggy Fleming and Donald Trump

Super Star Sites

Gold Sites

Silver Sites

• Do you have a Peggy Fleming Fansite?

• Exchange links with this page.

• 
  Usher Raymond
• 
  Emily VanCamp
• 
  Zach Braff