| Apolo Quotes |
| "They can just throw me in the desert and bury me. I got a gold medal. I'm good now." After receiving thousands of hate emails: "I'm not worried." Girlfriend? "Well, see I go out with girls who are my friends... but they are not my girlfriends, you get it? Like I have girls that are my friends who are older but they look younger... you know? So people ask, 'Dude, is that your wife?' and I'm like no. I have a lot of girl friends." "Well, I'm, I'm dating somebody from home. Yeah, but it's pretty hard to keep a steady girlfriend. Especially with being an athlete." The nickname: "I had the name Chunky since I was 7 or 8 years old. All of my old friends had nicknames like Worm, Little T and so on, and one of my friends just started to call me Chunky Apolo then Chunky A, then Chunky, then Chunks. A lot of my friends still call me by that name -- it will probably never go away!" When asked about a date: "Depends on the firl, and time. I love good food, and good weather -- the rain can be very romantic." "Hobbies? Hmm... I love cars, I have a serious car fetish. I love music, dancing, boats, jet skis, the summer life." When asked about his weakness: "No Pizza Hut. I do love pizza though. I love food, I love electronics. I am a dreamer." "I'm -- definitely that's like the best feeling in the world to get off the ice feeling satisfied after, you know, after you did your best." When Apolo wants to go out to eat: "You have to send somebody man." About the soul patch: "This is my balance. That's my balance." About people wearing fake soul patches: "It's crazy, I dunno, I wasn't expecting any of that, um, actually a lot of people saw it before, I didn't, when I was at the games, you know, so when I saw it I was like what the hell is that? Like dirt or something you know? Like markers... And there's like all these people, and I was like oh my god..." About fighting for second place at the Olympics: "I think just for the games, you know? Any other race I probably would've just laid there." "Mmhmm, there's 17 inches of metal on your feet and they're sharp as a razor." "Highest body fat?! Oh yes, I did actually, but my percentage right now is probably about 15 (6 is normal). No, I'm just playing, I don't know exactly what it is -- I am not really concerned -- but the last time I checked, I was in the mid 5's." "While I was on break after the Olympics I started eating bad and kinda got fat..." "It's an amazing feeling. So many years of hard work." "A four gold medal sweep looks almost impossible." "No words, no words, an unbelievable feeling." "I don't want to be the fattest. I don't want to be the slowest. I want to be the best." "My passion is speed skating." |