Re: LATimes | Kwan Makes Switch to Another Coach

 I love that she never sits and rests on her laurels, but is
>always willing to keep training hard."

"It's not a matter of being "always willing to keep training hard."  It's just
that she realizes (as many here fail to concede) that a skater is NOTHING
without an Olympic gold medal."
~~~~Chana~~~~

I wouldn't say that a skater is nothing without an Olympic Gold Medal. 
However, in Kwan's case, that objective has ruled her life for so many years
and she has been beaten twice by young American skaters--which has to hurt even
more than if a skater from another country won.  I think she is going to try
for 2006--and imo she will lose again.