Emanuel Sandhu (born November 18, 1980) is a Canadian figure skater and dancer. He is the 2004 Grand Prix Final champion and a three-time Canadian national champion. (wikipedia)
I'm sort of like a Phoenix; I kind of rise from my ashes fairly quickly.
If I want to control where I'm going, I really have to get in that car and drive it myself and take charge. It doesn't mean trying to control and manipulate outcomes; it means trying to take charge of what I can.
If I want to control where I'm going, I need to get in the car and drive it myself and take charge. I needed to go out there and own (the performance), drive to my own destiny and show what I can do.
I can sing, I can dance, I'm not afraid of speaking my mind and I'm not afraid to be sexy.
I'm very satisfied with my performance today, I don't think I can make it better.
I could say the pressure is what you put on yourself but I don't know. I haven't been looking at (worlds) that way. I've just been focusing on my practice and doing what I need to do to be comfortable.
I rose at 4 a.m. after getting to bed at 10 p.m. I'm feeling that I seized up going into the axels.
I felt just a little bit off and I am disappointed with missing the opening quad-triple which lost a lot of points.
The short program, I knew at the Grand Prix, wasn't as ready as the long program. I didn't expect perfection. It could have happened, but it didn't because my focus was training the long program.
I actually was able to go out there like I own it. To take charge feels good.
