"It’s not a sport you get famous at. If I wanted to be famous, I would have stuck with hockey." ― Eric Heiden Topic(s): Famous More From Eric Heiden "I have a very close friendship with the skaters." "I didn’t get into skating to be famous." "Sports and politics don’t mix." More In Famous "It’s hard to have any kind of luck in this business."― Leighton Meester "When you get billions in aid and your weapons resupplied and your ammunition stock resupplied, you don’t learn the lesson that war is bad and nobody wins."― King Abdullah II "You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing."― Ang Lee