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Quotes

~There's no 'I' in TEAM!

~If you tell yourself you are a winner, eventually you will become one.
Until then... PRACTICE.

~"Even when you've skated the program of your life, its the feeling of teamwork that you'll remember. You'll forget the formations, the steps, and the marks, but you'll never forget your teammates."

~"Behind the media the hype the rankings the records There is a little girl who lived for the chance to skate Before you put on that dress tonight Remember that girl that fell in love with this sport Fell in love the day she touched the ice."

~"SKATING: It's the feeling you get at the end of a hard practice when you pushed yourself to the limit, the way the ice feels when you get back on it after a few months off. It's a part of YOUR IDENTITY, something you LOVE and something you HATE. A bond that NO ONE ELSE really understands, but that's okay, because every time you get out on the ice it isn't just you; it's all the friends and coaches over the years, all the practices, all the sweat, all the pain, all the tears, all the memories, all the laughter, all the "off" competitions, all the lifetime bests, and all the road trips. As individual as it may seem, skating is really a team sport, and even still, it's more than just a sport. IT'S A WAY OF LIFE."

~Your feet can learn the steps, but only your heart can skate them.

~SKATING...my soul, my heart,my dreams, my identity, my passion, my stress reliever, my anti-drug, my reason to smile, my freedom, my life... my 1st and only true love.

~Dont Compete like you practice, practice like you compete

~"It is said that figure skating requires the elegance of a royal court, the grace of a ballerina, the speed of a sprinter, the balance of a tightrope walker, the agility of a high diver, the endurance of a marathon runner, the coordination of a juggler, strength of a high jumper, the rhythm of a dancer, and the performance of a mime. Add that all to the unison of the Rockettes, the uniformity of a synchronized swimming team, and the teamwork of soccer players, and you've got synchronized skating."

~"The team on the top of the mountain didn't just fall there."

~"There's plenty of room at the top, but no room to sit down."

~"Never compare yourself with others because you will become vain or bitter, for there will always be greater and lesser persons than yourself."

~"First you're a part of it, then it becomes a part of you"

~"We trained ours off, so we could kick yours"

~"It's supposed to be hard, if it wasn't hard everyone would do it. it's the hard that makes it good"
- Tom Hanks "a league of their own"

~"People who never try, never fall; but they'll never fly either."

~"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small people who find it easier to live in the world they've been given, than to explore the power they have to change it.
Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary.
Impossible is nothing."

~Don't think that you never have to fall, but think that the most important thing is getting up after you fell...so get up and try again!

~Grace, power, speed, unison. Lovely evolutions on a mirror of ice.
Amongst notes suspended from an invisible thread, a universe of emotions

~"A champion is afraid of losing, everyone else is afraid of winning."

~"When a team of dedicated individuals makes a commitment to act as one... the sky is the limit."

~"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, But also dream. Not only plan, but also believe!"

~"Together we can reach the heights of excellence and preform the extraordinary."

~"The acheivements of a team are the result of the combined efforts of each individual."

~"Every skate is a self-portrait of the team that did it... Autograph your skate with excellence."

~"The future doesn't just happen, it is created."

~"Our destiny is not in the stars, but in ourselves."

~"We may need to follow the wake of those who have gone before, but what we do and where we go it ultimately up to us."

~"The character of any team is reflected in the standards it sets for itself."

THE CONTEST

The contest lasts for moments

Though the training'd taken years.

It wasn't winning alone that

was worth the work and the tears.

The applause will be forgotten

The prize will be misplaced.

But the long hard hours of practice

will never be a waste.

For in trying to win you build a skill.

You learn that winning depends on will.

You never grow by how much you win,

You only grow by how much you put in.

So any new challenge you've just begun,

Put forth your best and you've already won!

~"Would I trade skating for anything? Nope. Take all my money, take my car, but do not take my skates...Bruises will heal, the bleeding eventually stops, the bones will get put back into place, but being a part of something bigger than yourself makes it all worth it."
- Bananas

~"When you cease to dream you cease to live"

~"Competitions are won when the stands are still empty"

~"The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time."
- Bertrand Russell

~"A champion is someone who gets up even when they can't" -Natalie Rogers

~"The key to happiness is having dreams; the key to success is making them come true"
-James Allen

~"Far better is it to dare to mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat"
-Theodore Roosevelt

~"Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating"

- Denis Wartley

~"You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning."

-Barbara Sher

~"If the game weren't challenging, everyone would do it. The challenge is what makes it great."

~"Victory always starts in the head. It's a state of mind. It then spreads with such radiance and such affirmation that destiny can do nothing but obey."

-Douchan Gersi

~For this one, replace run with skate: "AN athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head."

-Emil Zatopek

~"To be a great champion, you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are."
- Muhammad Ali

~"It's about being proud of your accomplishments one day and trying to beat them the next"

~"When Hell freezes over, I will skate there too!"

~"There were days when we laughed and cryed, we always skated by eachothers side. Those many days we spent together, will always stay in my mind forever."

~"Our enemies are sacred because they make us strong."

~"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard"

~"In order to succeed, your desire for sucess must be greater than your fear of failure."

~"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

~"Life is too short to live the same day twice"

~"Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footsteps on the moon."

~"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is therefore not an act, but a habit."

~"One can never consent to creep when one fells the impulse to soar. - Helen Keller

~Very few burdens are heavy if everyone lifts. - Sy Wise

~Perseverence is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. - Walter Elliott

~It is no sin to attempt it fail. The only sin is not to make the attempt. - Suellen Fried

~Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so. - Belva Davis

~A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. - Erin Majors

~Don't watch the clock. Do what it does. Keep going. - Sam Levenson

~Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs. -Malcolm Forbes

~I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. - Jimmy Dean

~Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. -Will Rogers

~Live life on the edge... Judges hate flats."

SYNCHRO
Twenty pairs of steel blades
Sharp as razors they are made.
Slicing through the frozen water,
Moving swiftly past each other.

Twenty skaters on the ice,
Full of zeal and full of spice.
Velvet costumes trimmed in lace.
A smile upon each athlete's face.

Twenty noses in the air.
Made-up faces, pulled back hair.
Overhead the music plays,
The program in its final phase.

Twenty people move as one,
Until their skate is finally done.
Lines were straight and circles round,
Not one mistake the judges found.

Twenty medals, colour gold,
Shining, gleaming bright and bold.
They've worked so hard to get it done.
Indeed this team is number one.

TWAS THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS
by: fan

Twas the day after Christmas, and all through the rink
The only ones skating were those who love synch.
Their skates were all fastened securely with care
In hopes that their boots would stand up to the wear.
While their friends were all nestled all snug in their beds,
The synch team was awake, medal dreams in their heads.
Synch moms in team sweats, and synch dads in team caps
Had just settled in the lobby for a long, gossipy chat.

When out on the ice there arose such a chatter
The coach sprang from the penalty box to see what was the matter.
Away to her synch team she flew like a flash
And opened her mouth and began to rehash
The runthrough the team had just done on the ice.
"The circle was decent, and the block was real nice.
But what in the world was that wandering wheel?
And why did your line look more like an eel?
And didn't I tell you to be lively and quick?
Instead, most of you looked kind of sick!"

"You must be more rapid, let's try it again!"
And she whistled and shouted and called out team names:
"Frasier, Crystallettes, Gems, and Elan, Hockettes,
Fond du Lac, the Jazz, and so on.
To the top of the medal stand these teams will go
Unless you skate perfect! You can do it, I know!"

As ice chips that before the wild Zamboni fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,
So up to their starting line the synch team they skated.
When their music started, they posed and they waited,
And then in a twinkling the coach heard the proof
That her team was good! No scratching, real smooth!
As she drew back to the boards and watched the circle go 'round,
Down the ice her team skated, their block tight and sound.
They were dressed all in spandex from their feet to their heads,
And their dresses were all tarnished from makeup and sweat.

A bundle of maneuvers they had choreographed,
And they looked just like Olympians as they started to laugh.
Their eyes, how they twinkled, "Soon we'll be done!"
Their cheeks were like roses, their noses had run,
Their droll little mouths were gasping for breath.
"We shouldn't have eaten those cookies! they said.
The hands of each skater were held tight and neat,
And they flew as they encircled the ice like a wreath.
Their dance steps were sweet, like a bowl full of ice cream.
Their legs shook from exhaustion, they started to scream,
"We're too chubby and plump, we must go to the gym!"
But the moms laughed, "You're gorgeous, and you're all much too thin!"

The closing pose, and a twist of their heads.
"The other teams sure have nothing to dread!"
Mourned the team. "Even after all of our work,
Our runthrough was awful, we all look like jerks!"
And laying their Kleenex aside of their noses,
They all gave a blow. And then the coach, she arose,
She sprang to her feet, to her team gave a cheer.
"That was the best program you've skated this year!"
And they heard her exclaim, "Now your practice is done.
Happy season to you, and may you always fun!"

BELIEVING YOU CAN DO IT
By Jessica McDuffie

As the day of our competition nears,
Remember the smiles, forget the tears.
Remember the times we've spent together,
Cherish them now, cherish them forever.
Next year it will not be the same,
Some girls lost, some girls gained.
Doing the routine one more time,
To fix that motion and straighten that line.
We've had many falls and lots of tough breaks,
We took our chances but knew what was at stake.
We are all exhausted and ready to rest,
But first we must show the world who is best.
Regardless of what the judges criticize,
Remember they weren't there to realize,
We sweated, we ached, and we worked all the while,
And we hide all the pain with a convincing smile.
So show them now what we have worked for,
Give a little extra where there needs to be more.
Smile and know that we have finished the race,
Regardless of what we win or place.

~"Nobody said it would be easy, but they all said it would be worth it."

~"Don't cry because its over, smile because it happened"

~"If you encounter difficulty, don't change your decision to go, change your direction to get there"

~"No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction."

~"Have courage when times may fail. Be not afraid to make a change. Take a chance on the inevitable. Make a difference in everything you do. Be the person who you were meant to be. Success is not born; it is made by those who seek to see the difference in everything, turning the impossible into a possible success."

~"Make it happen, help it happen, or get out of the way."

~"You can never put in too much work for the cause, for if you don't do the work, you'll never know the outcome."

~"If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?"
-Joe Namath

~"In life, as in synchro, grace glides on blistered feet."

~"This is YOUR life - are you who you want to be?"

~“Friendship is not something that you learn in school. If you haven't learned it then you really haven't learned anything at all.”

~"True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing."

~"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

~"Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down."

~"Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."

~"Courage is what it takes what it takes to stand up and speak, it is also what it takes to sit down and listen."

~"Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them."

~"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."

~"The world belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

~"The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them."

~"Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend."

~"You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you."

~"To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world"

~"The only way to have a friend is to be one"

~"In order to succeed, you must be willing to fail"

~"Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up."

~"Life shouldn't be measured by the breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away."

~"Most people look up and admire the stars, but a champion climbs a mountain and grabs one."

~"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra." -Jimmy Johnson

~"Promise only what you can deliver. Then deliver more than you promise." -Author Unknown

~"Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before." -Jacob A. Riis

~"The difference between try and triumph is a little umph."

~"The best angle from which to approach any problem is the try-angle."

~"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going." -Beverly Sills

~"Attitudes are contagious. Is yours worth catching?"

~"Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold." -Maurice Setter

~"Dream barriers look very high until someone climbs them. Then they are not barriers anymore." -Lasse Viren

~"Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible." -Doug Larson

~"If you can't win, make the fellow ahead of you break the record."

~"If you give skill time, skill will beat you." – Marc Habsheid (Can. Jr Hockey Coach)

~"If you spend the whole time looking at the path, you'll never see what's all around you"

~"it's the magic of risking everything for a dream that nobody sees but you"

~"Some of us fall by the wayside and some of us soar to the stars
Some of us sail through our troubles and some have to live with the scars" -Elton John's Circle of Life, The Lion King

~"Beauty is being in harmony with what you are"

~"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation." -Herman Melville

~"You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough." -Frank Crane

~"It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it." -Eleanor Roosevelt

~"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." -Albert Einstein

~"Life without friendship is like the sky without sun." -Anonymous

~"One can never consent to creep when one feels the impulse to soar." –Helen Keller

~"If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it." -Cicero

~"Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it." –English proverb

~"Nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." -Anne Frank

~"It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself." –Eleanor Roosevelt

~"In time we hate that which we often fear." –William Shakespeare

If I wasn't a synchro skater.

Some time ago there was a topic on SB about if we weren't synchro skaters. This is the list that everyone came up with.

2) I would be able to fit into normal pants (no skater butt or thighs).
4) I would know how to count past eight.
5) I would have beautiful, soft feet.
10) I would think that 20 people wearing the same track suit looks a little strange.
11) I wouldn't automatically catalogue the music I hear of every movie I watch as 'synchro-able' and 'non-synchro-able'. Ditto for music overheard in changing rooms, in ethnic restaurants or on vacation.
12) My brain would not automatically switch to 'find the error in unison' mode every time I watch cheer leading, dance shows, ballet, musicals, etc.
14) I wouldn't think of every location in town with the prologue of "yeah, that's near arena x".
17) I probably would not know how to slick my hair back into a bun.
18) I probably wouldn't know how to spell 'synchronized'.
20) The names of many towns/municipalities otherwise unknown would not be immediately recognized as 'synchro team town' in my head, and the list of past results and levels fielded would not automatically upload along with said town name.
21) The word 'Olympics' would not produce a sad little sigh of longing from me.
24) I would not own 30 million cans of hairspray and bottles of gel.
25) I wouldn't know any clever uses of the number 8 in words (sk8 gr8!).
28) I would never have developed the skill of locating items that actually belong to me from within a huge, jumbled pile of three other people's belongings in a hotal room.
30) My hands would not be able to grip things like a vice and not let go.
31) I would not be familiar with that spot on a person's shoulder where you can stick your thumb in and it make their knees buckle - and I wouldn't know what it feels like to have it done to me!
32) I would not know by instinct exactly how far my arm's length can reach (to the sometimes desperate tips of my fingers).
33) I would have no idea the extent to which the mind can convince the body to get out of bed at 5:00am, scrape the snow off a car, shovel out of a snowbank, drive through a blizzard, strap lethal blades of steel on my feet and exert myself physically - with a smile on my face - hungover and on 3 hours sleep.
34) wouldn't be proud and not embarrassed to own and wear in public the same exact outfits (not tracksuits) as 24 other people
40) I wouldn't have been pro at doing make-up for myself and other people at the age of 12!
43) Hockey players might actually be able to impress me.
44) I'd think "shoot the duck" is a hunting term, "axle" an automotive term, and "sow-cow" a mutant animal.
50) my video bookshelf would be significantly less empty
51) i wouldn't know about SB
54) I wouldn't know what a skate bag smells like.
55) I wouldn't know what that distinctive arena smell smells like. You could blindfold me and walk me into an arena and I'd know that's where you took me!
56) i wouldn't know how to tie up a pair of skates in less than 30 seconds when you are super late for practice.
57) I wouldn't know what it's like to go flying into hockey boards sans equipment at 30 miles an hour.
58) There wouldn't be half as many incriminating photos of me doing strange things with my teammates.
70) I wouldn't have about a million inside jokes.
76) I wouldn't think to myself "wow that would be a really good piece of music for my team to skate to every time I listen to music"
78) I might have learned, but never fully grasped that trying your hardest really is everything...and winning is only a tiny piece of the puzzle
81) I would be much more afraid to go out and just give everything I do...all the energy I have without being terrified to fail and be laughed at
83) Maybe I'd actually believe that hockey is easier than synchro
85) I wouldn't have made the amazing lifelong friendships I have
89) I wouldn't ask all girls when i first meet them if they know how to skate.
98) I wouldn't arrange my M and Ms into a synch team and make them do intersections on the table before eating them, causing everyone in the room to stare warily at me.
99)My work associates would have never seen videos from Worlds, poor souls, and they wouldn't know names like Haydenettes, Team Elan, Chicago Jazz, etc.
101) I would actually think that the ultimate skating experience is watching Michelle Kwan land a triple-triple (someday).
110) I wouldn't know the joys of being pushed and shoved around while waiting for the result sheet to be posted.
113) I wouldn't see lifts in pairs skating and think, "Hey, I bet our team could do that!"
114) I wouldn't know where to find every rink within at least a 100 mile radius of my home.
115) My home would not be covered in skating memorabilia.
119) would have never guessed that SO many skaters and coaches can't skate on beat or have a concept of counting.
122) i wouldn't sit through a movie and think "oh this would be good to skate to!"
126) I wouldnt have any interesting stories to tell my friends that usually start off with "and this one time, at a skating competition.. me and these girls on my team........."
127) I probarbly wouldnt have the scence of humor i have today ( spending time with 19 other girls really makes your mind crazy)
129) I wouldnt know what its like to get that adrenelane rush before you step on the ice.
131) I wouldnt have friends in places like Australia, switzerland and even other places in canada.
144) I would not get home from skating at 9:30 at night and be able to get up at 5:30 the next morning to do it all again
145) I might have a bit more respect from the single skaters
150) I wouldn't know that one music can be interpreted a gazillion different ways, with a gazillion models of dresses to go along with it. And that I might have to watch and listen to all gazillion inside the same weekend!
151) I wouldn't suddenly pay perk up and pay attention whenever someone said the word "synchronized".
160) Plan my holidays around skating competitions
163) My office desk and screensaver would not have pictures of our teams
173) I wouldn't know what it was like to simulate a synchronized skating line in a restaurant in Italy trying to explain what synchronized skating is to a waiter who doesn't speak English
175) Make lunches on a bed in a hotel room
178) Buy clothing that is fashionable and not practical and warm
181) I would not know the complete agony in every fibre of your body after the very first practice of the season, and your coach decides NOT to go even a tad bit easy.
184) I would not know the pain of having the end of your french braid shoved back up into your head.
185) I would think that spending $1000 on what amounts to a pair of weird leather boots and some pieces of steel was insane.
186) I would take offence to being smacked in the face, getting someones fingers in my eye/up my nose/in my mouth.
191) I would never be cold ALL the time!
202) i probably wouldn't know what its like to go in a rink during daytime (sun high in the sky) skate for 4 hrs, and come out of the rink at night (moon high in the sky)
203) i might have thought that skating is a wussy sport!
207) I would never have had to walk into a shopping center wearing a training costume and tights getting weird looks from passers by.
209) I would be able to turn around on dry land without doing a 3-turn or a crossover.
216) i wouldn't do my steps down the supermarket aisle...
221) people at school (after watching the olympics) wouldnt ask me if i could do a triple axel..
230) I wouldn't have National medals
231) The walls in my room would have pictures of hot boys instead of synchro teams, lol
232) I wouldn't do little hop steps everywhere!!!
233) My skates and tights wouldn't have little holes in them
239) I wouldnt have to imagine skating a program to every piece of music i hear.
240) I would actually be able to enjoy techno music without feeling like i have to do crossovers to it.
243) I wouldnt know how to coat my face in so much makeup that it looks like i had botox.
244) i would never had spent 10 min trying to explain to somone what "synchro" was
252) i wouldn't know how liquid eyeliner felt
259) -i would never have the amazing life long friendships i do now
260)I would never ever realize how much it hurts to leave somthing behind that you love soo soo much
262) -i would have a huge void in my life that could only have been filled by synchro and everything that comes along with it
272) I wouldn't know what a short or long was unless you were talking about the length of a dress.
279) I wouldnt fall on my rollerblades because I tried to do a three turn!
289) I wouldn't know how to get myself through a bunch of people on a crowded street without hitting anyone.gotta love having heightened perefferial vision (splices!)
294) I wouldn't sit in class and design skating dresses instead of learning.
296) In a conversation "Marigold" would be a flower not a skating team
309) I would think you were really off if you told me about sewing hair with fishing line
319) i would be like one of the girls who looks over my sholder during computer class and wonders what the hell synchroboards is
337) I wouldn't have all those *attractive* team shirts, competition shirts, skating shirts...
338) I wouldn't be half as crazy as I am.
359) I would still be mortified when someone else showed up wearing exactly the same outfit as me (even down to the hair and make-up)
369) I wouldn't have some of my closest friends.
387) I would think a block was a bit of wood.
396) i would have still thought that a pinwheel was those little plastic toys that spin around in the wind
399) i wouldnt have so much team spirit!!
400) during school, if people were like "i had to wake up so early on saturday", i would never have been able to say, "well at least YOU didnt have to wake up at 4:30 to go to skating practice!"
415) I would not have huge bumps on the inside of my ankles from my skates, and I would probably be able to lie flat on the floor without being in pain!
416) I would think that lifting others girls into the air was something weird
417) I wouldn't automatically go to pinky hold everytime I hold someone's hand
418) I wouldn't have such strong arm muscles
419) I would probably never have worn lycra!
426) I wouldn'y know that ice isn't always slippery...especially after 3 hours of training. Ouch Ice burn!!
429) I would think the word 'PUSH' was usually associated with child birth!
434) I wouldnt associate most countries in the world with how many rinks and teams they have
436) i would not know what terms like "toe, toe, toe", "picky, picky" "Toe hop" "knee,knee", actually ment and then perform them without a demonstration from the coach.
438) I wouldn't have separate sections in my email and aim for my skating buddies
447) I wouldn't have to explain any skating terms
449) I woudln't have dresses hanging my closet that represented a good year.
452) I wouldn't walk into a restaurant or a store full of make-up like I was on broadway.
455) I wouldn't know good team work
458) I also wouldnt have ended up walking around my street in my new skates trying to break them in! LOL so so so many weird stares! (of coarse I had guards on!!! DUH!)
459) I would prolly be doing a 'normal' sport like volleyball or swimming
473) i wouldn't think its ok to walk around public places with an ENORMUS amount of makeup on and ppl stare.
485) i wouldn't know what gettin up and skating at 5 am is like or going in a rink when its dar and coming out and its broad daylight is like
490) I would never ever needed to explain for people why I can't miss one single practice to join the party, class-trip, movie night that all friends are planning
513) i wouldnt have friends that live all around the world!
515) I would think that a whole group of girls standing in the bathroom doing facials in the mirror was wierd.
524) my english would be soo bad, if i have pretty good results in my english class it's because of Synchro and Synchroboards for sure!!
526) i wouldnt have skating stuff allll over my room.
527) i wouldnt know how it feels to "fly"
528) i wouldnt understand anything thats written here
543) I wouldn't tell others to clip their nails so often.
550) everyone at my school wouldn't hate me for talking about synchro so much
568) i wouldnt be so good at cheering
569) i wouldnt know what its like to cry and smile and skate and count all at the same time
573) oh ya and i wouldnt know the pains of achilles tendonities and knee pains at the ripe old age of 16
576) i wouldnt almost start bawling when i meet someone who actually knows what synchro is
584) i wouldnt know how to put make up on fast and have it look good
586) i wouldnt know how to strech my knee out
587) i wouldnt know the trouble of organizing time

595) It's really funny how people look at you funny if you have to go into the grocery store or something in your skating clothes, especially when you have over the boot tights and they are like falling over your shoes. Once my friend and I tucked the over the boot tights right over our shoes before we went into the grocery store just for a laugh.
596) i would have normal feet
602) i wouldn't own a million pairs of black pants
603) i wouldn't know what sp teri's, risports, of wifas are
604) i would never strive to look exactly the same as 19 other girls
611) not everything would remind me of synchro
613) I wouldn't be sitting at the computer in my skates, trying to break in my new insoles.
614) i wouldnt know what it's like to do the YMCA while waiting for on ice awards to begin
622) i wouldnt have had "fun times" trying to shower out my "helmet head" after using half a bottle of gel and hairspray
625) i wouldnt have met many close friends that i'm still in touch with today
628) i would never know it was possible to be so bored on a sunday afternoon with out practice that you read 21 pages of a topic on synchroboards
629) I wouldn't waste time designing dresses instead of doing homework!
630) I wouldn't have 300 folders on my computer dedicated to skating..
631) I could fit into high boots (would't have thoe HUGE calves!)
632) I wouldn't be wondering why skin is flaking of my feet!
634) I wouldn't know how loud i can actually scream
638) i wouldn't ever consider going to a public skate without a thick winter coat, a hat, and gloves
649) I wouldnt be able to participate in the greatest sport ever!!!
650) I would feel weird holding other peoples hands.
651) i wouldn't be able to save my friends from falling on a slippery street by grabing them instinctively
653) I wouldn't feel bewildered when I put my arm up and told someone to hold on to me, and they don't grab me the right way right away.
654) I wouldn't have a picture of my skates as my display on MSN and I wouldn't have a sign next to the picture saying: My darling skates!