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"I don't trust people, so I tend to bring a second pair [of blades] and put them on. I try to have sharp blades before I skate, and there really isn't anybody who can duplicate my grind."

--U.S. Olympic figure skater and media darling Tonya Harding, as quoted in The Boston Globe, Feb. 24, 1994. Harding was responding to a question about why she changed blades on her skates. We're not quite sure what Harding was referring to when she expressed concern over having somebody duplicate her grind. Even so, we're not sure hers is a grind worth dupliating.