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1 " I'm not crazy, but I suspect the voices in my head are. ~Chrissy "
― Kelli Sullivan , Ice in My Veins
2 " I always kept in the back of my mind a quote I had once read from Confucius. “It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.” Very wise words. I lived by them. I told myself it would be alright if it didn’t work out tonight. I would never stop. I would persevere. "
3 " I had to figure things out on my own. I was a girl; it didn’t really matter to him what sport I played as long as it got me to college to find a sporty husband. That’s all he wanted. One of his favorite things to say was “Real men play sports. The rest of us just watch. "
4 " I will never understand why everybody believes men are better than women when it comes to athletic abilities. People forget that men have upper body strength, yes, but women have much more lower body strength. Good luck to any guy who thinks he can out-skate me. "
5 " It really bothered my mother that I played hockey. She wanted me to dance or model. That was just not who I was. She didn’t feel hockey was a place for girls. "
6 " I didn’t consider myself beautiful or graceful. I was muscular and athletic. I was solid. I had a four-pack, not some straight, curve-less, size-zero body. I looked like a woman, not a little girl. "
7 " Coach used to refer to me as a brick wall. When some girl charged at me, I would stand on my skates, unmovable. "
8 " I prayed that night for my parents to let me go. I know you’re not suppose to pray for things like that. You’re suppose to just thank God for looking out for you, but I really wanted this bad. "
