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lemonade17	Galina and Johnny	Lead	[-]
Golden Angel Posts: 1732 (09/27/08 5:47 AM) Golden Angel Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None We're going to have a page dedicated to Galina and Johnny this year, and I'd like your input- what are things Johnny has said about Galina and Galina has said about Johnny that you like or think sum up their relationship really well?
momjudi		#1	[-]
Golden Angel Posts: 1259 (09/27/08 7:50 AM) Star Angel Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	"She has helped me to rekindle the fire and has given me the will to win." Johnny made this comment about Galina in an interview on the Golden Skates website. The article was writtten by Elvin Walker and dated January 17, 2008. The article was titled Weir Fired up to Win Fourth U.S. National Title. (not sure if you have to credit the source) ***Keeper of Johnny's friendly rivalry with Evan***
pippa		#2	[-]
Star Angel Posts: 260 (09/27/08 8:40 AM) Newbie Angel Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I think a page about Johnny and his coach is a great idea, but I kind of feel that maybe Viktor should be included, too. Johnny has said several times that Galina and Viktor coach him as a team, and even now that Lambiel is at his rink the two coaches are taking equal turns working individually with Johnny and Stephane. It just seems like Viktor has a large role in Johnny's coaching and is important to him. Just my opinion........
lemonade17		#3	[-]
Golden Angel Posts: 1733 (09/27/08 1:32 PM) Golden Angel Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	ETA: Victor is in all the pictures that were submitted, so no worries! Any other quotes anyone has? Last Edited By: lemonade17 10/01/08 10:31 AM. Edited 1 times.
sweetandevil		#4	[-]
Senior Angel Posts: 175 (10/01/08 10:45 AM) Senior Angel Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Both Galina and Viktor said really nice things about Johnny in Russian/Ukrainian press. If you need translated quotes, I can do it.
lemonade17		#5	[-]
Golden Angel Posts: 1735 (10/01/08 11:07 AM) Golden Angel Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	That would be great if you could translate some of it.
sweetandevil		#6	[-]
Senior Angel Posts: 176 (10/01/08 11:46 AM) Senior Angel Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	So, in interview to Russian magazine "Figure skating" Galina said that Johnny is a really nice person, very kind and open-hearted, very pleasant to deal with. He has his own opinion about everything but listens to his coaches and fulfils all the requirements without arguments. She says she doesn't know a skater that is more talented than Johnny and doesn't even know if there are limits of his capacities. If he controls his head and emotions, it will be really hard to beat him. Viktor, in the interview to Ukrainian sports web portal, says that Johnny is incredibly talented, and he didn't believe at first that Johnny started skating when he was 12, and his success for such a late start is amazing. Viktor doesn't find Johnny's style effeminate, he states that Johnny has natural lines and style, and ballet-like never meant "woman-like" since there are many male dancers and male ballet parts. Johnny is capable to win some big thing, last season he began to fight for his programs and it brought him success. As for Johnny, I love how he speaks about his coaches in last year's journal entries. "I need a hardcore woman who can yell at me and make me work even if I don't want to. " was my fave Last Edited By: sweetandevil 10/01/08 11:54 AM. Edited 1 times.
sara		#7	[-]
Senior Angel Posts: 5 (10/03/08 8:57 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	These are my favorite! Galina- "You're welcome to join, but you'll be here to work. We won't babysit." Weir was insulted. "There I was, leaving my coach of forever, and [Zmievskaya] chastised me as if I were a child. I knew enough," Weir said laughing, "not to talk back to this lady." Last Edited By: sara 10/03/08 9:08 PM. Edited 1 times.
NorthernSnail		#8	[-]
Golden Angel Posts: 2698 (10/06/08 6:07 PM) Golden Angel Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	My favorite Galina/Johnny quote: "Johnnychik, you like Tinky Vinky." Anyway, I went back to the journal entries, and maybe you'd like to take something from the December 2007 entry (I'll quote the whole passage): +Galina Yakovlevna at Competitions+ Galina is very different than Priscilla. Priscilla used to give me my space while Galina is on top of every movement and bead of sweat. It's different and very nice. She always has a good joke to make me relax. +Viktor Petrenko+ Viktor is working with me on a daily basis. He helps Galina with jumping technique and skates with me through my programs to encourage me. He's been such an amazing friend and coach. He also has a good eye for the new system as a top level specialist. He called for me at the Olympic Games. Another quote about Galina from a journal entry: "She is very caring and we end up making jokes and talking about fashion for a good part of the day, but when I'm on the ice it is all business I get dictated to and I do my job." And to underline her humor once again: "Galina liked the number but told me I looked like a cartoon with all the blue make-up." Janina.

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