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Apolo Ohno Quotes
«Apolo had a hard time using his ankle, ... The U.S. coaches and USOC doctor unanimously advised him not to skate further events in order to protect his injured ankle and I agree 100 percent that this was the correct decision.»
«I really wanted to set something up. People have questions about what I've been doing the past couple of years. I want them to know I'm excited to be here. I want to put a lot of things on the table. A lot of Koreans are not familiar with me. They only know what they see on the news or what somebody else says. I want to let them know a little bit about me and take it from there.»
«One guy wins and one guy loses, but it's not entirely up to him. Our sport is so crazy that on any given Sunday, anybody can win. You can run the same race over and over five times, and you'll probably get five different winners. It's wild.»
«On any day, anything can happen.»
«The depth of our whole program, in Marquette and Colorado Springs, has gotten a lot better.»
«No death threats while I was in Korea nor leading up to the competition. Actually, a very high-ranking Korean speed-skating official was telling me that I may have sparked a fan club! How cool is that?»
«People tell me that. I don't think it is.»
«I was ridiculed for my performance. My name was run through the mud.»
«My social life is down to the minimum. I don't go out. I don't drink. My lifestyle is pretty boring.»
«It bothered me a lot. I was really, really bothered by it. I grew up around Asian culture. I'm just an athlete. I was trying to finish the race. A lot of it was built up by certain people (whom he declined to identify) using me. I have a lot of friends in Korea who have nothing against me at all.»