Eric Heiden Athlete Quotations

Heck, gold medals, what can you do with them?

Cyclists, I work with a number of cyclists. They are great athletes; they are great aerobic athletes. If you ask them to hit a baseball or golf ball, they can't do that.

In general, I enjoy athletes who have a strong character who let their abilities speak for themselves.

It's not a sport you get famous at. If I wanted to be famous, I would have stuck with hockey.

One thing is having skated five of the best races I've probably could have skated. It was nice to peak at the right time and to do it in an important time in somebody's career.

They're just big in the eyes of the American public.

We never did a lot of weights, but a lot of repetitions. The most I would use doing squats was 300 pounds.

We used to lift weights a couple of times a week, we did a lot of running. I enjoyed the variety.

I'd rather get a nice warmup suit. That's something I can use. Gold medals just sit there. When I get old, maybe I could sell them if I need the money.

Secondly, you got to have the right frame of mind. There are a lot of people with the right tools but just don't have the drive.

What I do right now is very rewarding.

When you think about these single distances championships and these World Cup races, people can make a career out of skating one or two distances.

When I was skating, there was ice only for a really short period of time. So we would have to do a lot of other cross training type things.

I try to get out two to tree times a week to do something aerobically, either running or riding a bike. Then I lift weights a couple of times a week.

On today's athletes: I wish I could turn back the clock a little bit so I'd have a chance to cut it up with those guys.