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Quotes From Apolo and About Apolo
These are quotes sai in reference to Apolo or directly from him. If I have taken these from someone's site without permissioon, just e-mail me (contact page) and I'll either give you credit on my site or, if you want, just take the uote off. Thanks!

Oh Yeah, He's Quotable
"Hopefully, I can just realy stay on track. I don't want to change who I am, what I am, the person I am. I'm gonna have fun, live it up, because I'm not gonna let that go. This is a once-in-a-lifetime oppurtunity"

"I believe that has and always will be the stringest influence in my life, as he has guided me on many paths,"

"I have a feel for the ice. That's something I was given a gift, and I don't see any reason to throw that away."

"..And it's a sport I love. I go out there every single day and there's not one day that I don't want to be out there..."

"I just feel the ice. I can feel it under my feet, I can feel it under my toes, I feel very ripple in the ice, and I feel that's something that contributes a lot to my success."

"God smiles on you some days"

"I've always believed that I could be number one in the world. In the past, I've won World Cup races, but it's never been as cinsistent as it is right now. Being number one right now, I've got a Bull's Eye on my back"

"No, no one made fun of it. I made sure of that" (On his name)

SPECIAL THANKS TO OHNOHOLICS FOR THE FOLLOWING:

"No words, no words"

"Wow, you know, T mean just to be able to come here and everybody preform, you know, under these circumstances, I think that everybody walks away happy, you know, regardless of the medal."

"They can just throw me in the desert and bury me. I got a gold madel. I'm good now"

"This is the sport I live for"

"Love your sport and have heart. You can become a chmpion with hard work and dedicatioon."
Quotes About Apolo
ONCE AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO THANK OHNOHOLICS FOR THE FOLLOWING:

"Apolo is an inspiration to everyone in our state and truly embodies the Olympic spirit"
-Gov. Gary Locke

"He used to come to my office, and we'd ak the kids what their immediate goal was to get them backk on track. Then we'd talk about their long term goals. He would always say his goal was to go to the Olympics, and win a gold medal. I'd say, 'That's great, you're going to have to discipline yourself and go for it.' But on the inside, I didn't believe it. I thought, 'Let's hope so, if you don't end up in jail.'"
-Pam Tuggle, Saghalie counselor

"Apollo was the Greek god of light. Does that make Apolo, uh, the god of light speed? OK, enough already"
-Slam

"He was a competitor. He lived to race."
-Jerry Oslzewski, swim coach

"Now, I'm not sure where Apolo, or frankly King County Executive Sims learned to grow the soulpatch, but I think that ought to be the official facial hair of Seattle. What do you think?"
-Greg Nickels, Seattle Mayor

"He was willing to take on new challenges and never afraid to make mistakes."
-Sharon Gregory, 3rd and 4th grade teacher