Boitano is 42 now, and still practicing regularly, usually at the rink in the Yerba Buena Center. He has produced countless TV specials over the years. He has cut back his performance schedule to about a half-dozen shows a year, but he can still do every element from his Olympic program, except the knee-straining triple axel.
His former coach, Linda Leaver , manages his career through Brian Boitano Enterprises, and at the moment, they are negotiating with "a very friendly lawyer" to print a T-shirt using his South Park figure and then sell it to raise money for charity.
In other words, I ask him, you have to license back your own identity? He would always find a way to laugh. Top shopping picks. Things to do in San Francisco this weekend. How to install a smoke alarm in your home. The best holiday gifts for campers. His claims to fame do not end there. Throughout his life after Olympic gold, Brian has applied the skills and mentality that took him to the very top of his sport to continue to shine, and here he shares that experience and wisdom to reveal, well, what Brian Boitano does.
I was lucky because at the time in America, in the late 80s and through the 90s, figure skating was like rock and roll. So when I ended my amateur career, I started my professional career. No other sport has a life after the Olympics like figure skating does. So we were lucky in that respect, but it still is hard when you stop, no matter what you do at an elite level.
Everything around you changes. Especially when you rely on the reaction of your body, and that starts breaking down, you really come to terms with your mortality. It makes you feel like your brain is still competitive, but your body doesn't react to what your brain tells it. Brian skating in his Olympic triumph. There were various benchmarks in my life and career where I noticed my body changing. So I try to diversify more now, and biking is much friendlier to my knees. There are very few things like that.
I am struggling with my knees, they are getting tired. I even stopped doing yoga classes, because I was sitting out of half of the moves. Register Don't have an account? Brian Boitano. View source. History Talk 0. For other uses, see Brian Disambiguation. I did. My workout regime: I skate two hours a day, because nothing can replicate skating.
And then three days a week I bike, do core, and stretch. I have one day of rest a week. Did you see the movie, or did fans point it out to you? Why go alone? It was just surreal. I still want to meet those guys. Thank you so much! Battle of the Brians. Can you believe that?
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