Kristi Yamaguchi dazzled the world almost 20 years ago when she won a gold medal at Albertville, France. Years later she stepped out in a different direction on "Dancing with the Stars." Today the former figure skating champion is still held as one of America's favorite athletes. Not one to rest on her laurels, she's taken to to pursuing success in different arenas today.

Yamaguchi, who will turn 40 in the summer of 2011, is now a New York Times best-selling author and the star of a her own workout DVD.

Her foray into the realm of children's books, with a picture book about a pig who learns how to ice skate called Dream Big, Little Pig! was released at the beginning of the March and is already No. 2 on the New York Times best-seller list among children's books.

Kristi also just released a workout DVD called Kristi Yamaguchi: Power Workout, so that you can follow her fitness regime. Depicted on the cover, she is as lovely as she was when she beat Midori Ito in the 1992 Winter Olympics.

In addition to her career pursuits she's the mom of two daughters, and has been married for more than 10 years to Brett Hedican, a recently retired NHL player.

What makes Yamaguchi successful at everything she does? Follow her on Twitter and you'll see articles that she reads for inspiration and fun. You'll also see the basis of her simple philosophy of giving more than you take. Her focus with her book and foundation is to inspire kids to dream big and she uses the money she makes to help others in need, including donating over $10,000 to tsunami survivors in Japan through her foundation.