“The biggest lessons I learned were probably the times where I had the biggest setbacks and the biggest challenges - when I had the biggest jumps forward and lessons learned.”
"You see figure skaters fall all the time. It's the way you pick yourself back up and keep going."
- Michelle Kwan
Resilience
"I skated, fell down and learned to pick myself up in front of millions."
- Michelle Kwan
Resilience
"I tell aspiring young skaters to dream big, work hard, have fun, and follow their passion. It's simple to say never give up, but learn from your mistakes to keep growing."
- Michelle Kwan
Persistence
"I didn't lose the gold. I won the silver."
- Michelle Kwan
Optimism
"I didn’t lose the gold. I won the silver."
- Michelle Kwan
Reflection
"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward."
- Vernon Sanders Law
Learning from Mistakes
"A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it is committing another mistake."
- Confucius Kongzi
Learning from Mistakes
"The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way."
- Dale Carnegie
Learning from Mistakes
"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
- Albert Einstein
Learning from Mistakes
"Every defeat every heartbreak every loss contains its own seed, Its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time."
- Og Mandino
Learning from Mistakes