1492 Program

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1492 Retrospective "The idea of the program was to depict the story of Elvis' life in the past year: leaving shore in search of new horizons, believing in himself to move on." (1995)	© Photo by Gérard Châtaigneau Heart and Soul
© Photo by J. Barry Mittan	*"What a Canadian, what a Canadian! If anybody wants a role model, they should put Elvis' picture on the wall."* -- Doug Leigh (1995 Worlds) -- © Photo by Larry Wong
Photographer unknown	*"I've proven I can always depend on myself to go the distance. I can trust myself to be there when the gun sounds. I never wanted to be in the position of saying 'what if', if I never tried."* -- Elvis Stojko (1995) --
"It has been such a long process. There have been a lot of frustrating times. I've gone through a lot of emotions. But I set out a challenge for myself and I won. I'm happy with the gold medal, but I'm also happy with the fact I was able to do it with the injury." -- Elvis Stojko (1995 worlds) --	© Associated Press
"Selecting the Columbus theme is a perfect parallel to his outlook on the sport. He's willing to go where no skater has gone before and succeed." -- Unknown --	Whenever I watch this program now I am reminded of what a certain person once said about Elvis' best accomplishment being the discovery of his manifest destiny. -- Lisa --