Clara Hughes Quotes

To receive something like this at my age is incredible, and it's something that I never thought could happen. - Clara Hughes

To actually go beyond that and to go harder in the last third in the race is something I don't even like talking about it's so hard. But that's what I need to train for and that's my goal, to get to that point, and to be able just to viciously attack as if I am fighting for my life. That's it. That's all I want. - Clara Hughes

The traveling schedule is pretty crazy. We were in Europe before we went to Korea. You get used to dealing with the jet lag, you have to. - Clara Hughes

The struggle I went through has value. - Clara Hughes

The only reason I've shared my story is to take that tiny baby step of breaking down the stigma attached to depression. - Clara Hughes

That's what is most satisfying, is having overcome that pain. Pain that is so intense that when you finish, it feels like you're going to die. That's what I wanted, and that's what I got. - Clara Hughes

Realistically, I've only been skating for five years. I know if I do choose to go for another Games, I'll physiologically still be in my prime as a female athlete. It's a matter of what I want to do. - Clara Hughes

On the last lap, I felt like I was going to die. - Clara Hughes

My goal is to try to avoid a regular job. - Clara Hughes

I've learned what it truly means to be Canadian and in turn I've been inspired to make a difference in the world, however small it's been. - Clara Hughes

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