Dorothy Hamill

“I was a bratty little sister. I was the youngest of three, and I often felt as though I didn't fit in.”

“At times, I feel overwhelmed and my depression leads me into darkness.”

“I always had short hair, and I hated my short hair. I was always mistaken for a boy, but my mom wouldn't let me change my hair because she was always chasing me around with a hairbrush, and it was always tangled, so she just would cut it off, and she's right: short hair did suit me.”

“My coach was a great politician, so he did most of the work. He was good.”

“If I hadn't been born a woman, I would have certainly been gay.”

“I never really liked my short hair; it never occurred to me that people would want it.”

“My whole family, my father's side, there was a great deal of depression, and my mother's side as well.”

“My parents believed in exposing each of their children to an abundance of varied activities in the hope they would find something they loved. They each had found a passion - Dad with his music and Mom with her horses - so it was natural for them to encourage experimentation.”

“I always had the sense that nothing was never good enough - striving for perfection. My mother and I had a sort of typical mother-daughter relationship.”