~Quotes by Alexei~

"I love to compete" ~Alexei Yagudin "The People, when they start to applaud you and support, that means a lot" ~Alexei Yagudin "One day the clean technique will come to my head" ~Alexei Yagudin, when learning the quads "The most important competition of the year, and I am injured" ~Alexei Yagudin @ Worlds 2001 "I fight for the first place..." ~Alexei Yagudin "I am just a person who can't skate in the mountains" ~Alexei Yagudin @ Colorado Springs "I wasn't fighting with Plushenko. I fought with myself and won" ~Alexei Yagudin @ European Championships 2001 "I was hoping they would put me first in short program, then I would've had a chance to fight for the gold. Oh well! It's not the last championship in my career. I am glad that I was able to pull myself together, and despite the pain, came onto the ice." ~Alexei Yagudin @ Worlds 2001 "A figure skater is not just a figure skater who does great jumps. He is an artist on ice." ~Alexei Yagudin