day and injohn s day. those three triples - and those triples that he performed were textbook. you can go, you can watch people and you can use i people as an example. withjohn, you could use his footwork, his choreography, his style, hisjumping technique, his - spinning technique. all of these things you could use as a teaching tool. - that doesn t happen very often. he was a tortured soul, and i think the actual competing was a difficult thing for him. and it just all came together in 1976, and certainly, you know, inspired the next generation of robin cousins and then ourselves, for sure. you could tell it was worked on, you could tell it was - finessed, and that s what made it so incredible. i ve always said that ifjohn hadn t done what he did and i hadn t been able to observe to a certain point, myjourney over the next three years to come to 1980,
those three triples - and those triples that he performed were textbook. you can go and watch people and you can use people - as an example. withjohn, you could use his footwork, . his choreography, his style, hisjumping technique, - his spinning. all of these things you could use as a teaching tool. that doesn t happen very often. he was a tortured soul, and i think the actual competing was a difficult thing for him. and itjust all came together in 1976 and certainly, you know, inspired the next generation of robin cousins and then ourselves, for sure. you could tell it was worked on, you could tell it was finessed, and that s what made it so incredible. i ve always said that ifjohn hadn t done what he did and i hadn t- been able to observe to a certain point, myjourney over the nextl three years to come to 1980, - the season of 79 80 would have been slightly different.
competitors making these huge preparations into these jumps. triple jumps were a definite necessity back in my- day and injohn s day. those three triples - and those triples that he performed were textbook. you can go, you can watch people and you can use i people as an example. withjohn, you could use his footwork, his choreography, his style, hisjumping technique, his spinning technique. - all of these things you could use as a teaching tool. that doesn t happen very often. he was a tortured soul, and i think the actual competing was a difficult thing for him. and itjust all came together in 1976 and, certainly, you know, inspired the next generation of robin cousins and then ourselves, for sure. you could tell it was worked on, | you could tell it was finessed, i and that s what made it so incredible. - i ve always said that, ifjohn hadn t done
those three triples - and those triples that he performed were textbook. you can go, you can watch people and you can use i people as an example. withjohn, you could use his footwork, his choreography, his style, hisjumping technique, his - spinning technique. all of these things you could use as a teaching tool. - that doesn t happen very often. he was a tortured soul, and i think the actual competing was a difficult thing for him. and it just all came together in 1976, and certainly, you know, inspired the next generation of robin cousins and then ourselves, for sure. you could tell it was worked on, you could tell it was - finessed, and that s what made it so incredible. i ve always said that ifjohn hadn t done what he did and i hadn t been able to observe to a certain point, myjourney over the next three years to come to 1980, the season of 79 80 would have been slightly different. every time i kind of doubted .
sometimes not only what they did, but who they are. lincoln just had the quality, the emotional qualities that were necessary to handle the crisis. for one thing, he understood that he had to unify the north. there were factions in the north, some emancipation. there were conservatives, moderates, radicals. what did he do? he had the humility. which doesn t mean humbleness. it s the acknowledgement that you need help, to put himself with a cabinet of all these people who represented these different factions, many of whom were more educated, more kind of celebrated, and each one of whom thought he should have been president besides lincoln. he would endure it. i try to surround myself by people who aren t threats but eventually threats emerged, so i give him credit. i m curious, when people look and appreciate abraham lincoln now, we think we know him. he was a tortured soul, wasn t