“But after a few minutes of convincing myself that I really wanted to go - telling myself that I love skating and that my coach is there waiting for me - I would get up and go. And my mother would always get up and eat breakfast with me!” WantedMotherSportsWaitingMinutesCoachesGet UpBreakfastConvincingSkating Author:Nancy Kerrigan
“Every morning, just like in Alabama, I got up with the sun, ate my breakfast even before my mother and sisters and brothers, and went to school, winter, spring, and fall alike to run and jump and bend my body this way and that for Mr. Charles Riley.” WayBodyRunningSchoolMotherFallSportsMorningSunBrotherSpringWinterAthleteBreakfastEvery MorningBrothers And SistersAlabama Book:Jesse, a spiritual autobiography Source: Jesse, a spiritual autobiography
“One thing with me, and every goal I've had - in the sport of swimming, my mother didn't know my goals. The only person that knew my goals were my coaches.” KnowsPersonsMotherSportsGoalOne ThingCoachesSwimming Author:Michael Phelps