chuckm said:True, but most skaters aren't nearly as openly aggressive about it. And most don't make statements that they wish the #1 would retire...
But how do you feel about GWB?Piel said:LOL Joe!
IcyBallerina said:I'd rather Sasha and other skaters were honest about their drive than pretend that they're just thankful for what they've got. That's why post-competition interviews are always so boring!
And didn't she also make a statement saying that now that she was at the other end of the stick, she regretted saying that about the other skaters? Wasn't she 14-16 when she said it anyway?
chuckm said:Sasha was already 15 when she burst on the scene finishing 2nd at Nationals in 2000. She came out with her "I want to be #1" remark in the fall of 2002, when she was 17. Her remark about wanting Kwan to retire was at least a year or two after that, when she was 18 or 19.
anything_for_skating said:Duh people, start focusing at next season
I think we have to remember that these Olympic print and TV interviews were done by "once-every-four-years" sports reporters trying to say something remotely interesting to their "once-every-four-years" readers/viewers. They have heard of the name "Michelle Kwan" (although they think she is Kristi Yamaguchi), hence the focus.Lanie said:Just makes me wanna shake her and scream at her to just give it up and go be a B-list movie star already!
Mathman said:I think we have to remember that these Olympic print and TV interviews were done by "once-every-four-years" sports reporters trying to say something remotely interesting to their "once-every-four-years" readers/viewers. They have heard of the name "Michelle Kwan" (although they think she is Kristi Yamaguchi), hence the focus.
Lanie said:Wasn't it Kimmie who said something to the reporters that they're all nice to Michelle but so mean to Sasha?
It doesn't surprise me - Sasha's been in Michelle's shadow and now she's humiliatingly enough in Kimmie's. Just makes me wanna shake her and scream at her to just give it up and go be a B-list movie star already!
Lanie said:It doesn't surprise me - Sasha's been in Michelle's shadow and now she's humiliatingly enough in Kimmie's. Just makes me wanna shake her and scream at her to just give it up and go be a B-list movie star already!