Motivation Quote by Oksana Baiul

Miami, in Oksana Baiul's telling, isn’t a city so much as a sensory cocktail: people, water, beach, then the kicker - architecture. Coming from an athlete whose public identity was forged in motion and performance, the list reads like a training montage for leisure. She starts with atmosphere (“the people”), shifts to the elemental (“the water”), lands on the postcard (“the beach”), then adds an unexpectedly cultured detail to prove she’s not just chasing sunshine. That small pivot matters: it signals taste.

The “of course” is doing quiet, strategic work. It’s a wink to the audience’s expectations about Miami as a vacation cliche, while also granting her permission to enjoy the obvious without sounding shallow. She acknowledges the stereotype and steps through it anyway. That’s the subtext: I know what you think Miami is, and yes, I’m here for that - but also for something you might not have clocked.

The architecture line roots her admiration in place, not just mood. Miami Beach’s Art Deco facades are design built for looking - bold colors, clean lines, a kind of curated glamour that mirrors the aesthetics of elite sport: precision, polish, spectacle. For Baiul, a post-Soviet star who later made a life in the U.S., Miami’s built environment can read as a soft landing in American exuberance, where beauty is not restrained, it’s advertised. The quote sells Miami as pleasure with a cultural alibi, and it works because it’s both earnest and lightly self-aware.