Overwhelmed Quotes

At times, I feel overwhelmed and my depression leads me into darkness.

Biography

Author Profession: Athlete

Nationality: American

Born: July 26, 1956

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Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali, Yogi Berra, Mike Tyson, Kobe Bryant, Satchel Paige, Steve Prefontaine, Lance Armstrong

Topics

Darkness, Depression, Feel, I Feel, Leads, Me, Overwhelmed, Times

Quotes to Explore

Everybody has to deal with tough times. A gold medal doesn't make you immune to that. A skater is used to falling down and getting up again. Dorothy Hamill

Tough Times, Tough, You, Gold, Down, Up

I always had short hair, and I hated my short hair. I was always mistaken for a boy, but my mom wouldn't let me change my hair because she was always chasing me around with a hairbrush, and it was always tangled, so she just would cut it off, and she's right: short hair did suit me. Dorothy Hamill

Change, Mom, Hair, Me, Short, Boy

My family had a membership to the Riverside Yacht Club where my brother, Sandy, learned to sail, and I competed in local swim races. My sister, Marcia, became a competitive springboard diver, and my brother excelled in water polo. Dorothy Hamill

Family, Water, Brother, Sister, Sail

I was passionate. I found something that I loved. I could be all alone in a big old skating rink and nobody could get near me and I didn't have to talk to anybody because of my shyness. It was great. I was in my fantasy world. Dorothy Hamill

Alone, Loved, Great, Me, World, Nobody

I was really a spoiled brat when I was a kid skating. Meals are cooked for you, you are driven to the rink, they make costumes for you. Your parents sit around and watch admiringly while you skate. You don't have to think about anything but skating. You're just plain spoiled. Dorothy Hamill

Parents, Think, You, Watch, Sit, Kid

My parents didn't have a lot of money, but we never knew that. They really did the best they could. Dorothy Hamill

Best, Parents, Money, Never, Knew, Lot

I think Princess Diana probably had the most famous haircut, or Farrah Fawcett or Jennifer Aniston. Dorothy Hamill

Think, Haircut, Famous, Princess, Most

Luckily, I discovered ice skating when I was eight and a half years old. There were two wonderful ponds within walking distance of my house. After all the physical activity the summer provided, I craved movement in the cold of winter. I had no skates, so Mom stuffed socks into my brother's old ones. Dorothy Hamill

Winter, Brother, Mom, Walking, Cold, Ice

My legs are ice skaters' legs. No tan in sight. Dorothy Hamill

Ice, Sight, Legs, Tan, Skaters

I always had the sense that nothing was never good enough - striving for perfection. My mother and I had a sort of typical mother-daughter relationship. Dorothy Hamill

Good, Mother, Relationship, Perfection

Our family life, before figure skating turned it upside down, seemed normal. Our town of Riverside, Connecticut, was part of Greenwich, and we had the advantage of their wonderful community, with great beaches and beautiful parks. Dorothy Hamill

Life, Family, Beautiful, Great, Down

In my teen years leading up to the Olympics, I loved having the excuse to skip out on parties because of skating. Partying wasn't my thing anyway. Mostly I hung out with other skaters. We were all buddies, so it's not like I missed out on socializing. I was really enjoying myself. Dorothy Hamill

Myself, Loved, Teen, Missed, Skating, Up

Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on. Dorothy Hamill

Work, Time, Think, You, Better, Flaws

I wanted to learn how to skate backwards and they wouldn't help me and they went off and left me on my own. Dorothy Hamill

Me, My Own, Help, Own, Learn, Left

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