There were no competitions on television. The first skating competition I ever remember seeing on television was the 1968 Olympics when Peggy… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
With Stacy, it was interesting because you know he was within all this chaos, all these different lives that were so broken… — John Robinson Copy Share Image
To be out there in the Olympics skating the board that's actually my own and a company that me and my homies… — Nyjah Huston Copy Share Image
I had been skating basically since I could walk. I started on my knees and would cruise around the local skatepark until… — Nyjah Huston Copy Share Image
Skating is a sport that I found a lot of interest in from a very, very young age. Ultimately, I think that… — Nathan Chen Copy Share Image
“It was like trying to balance on a pair of knife blades. Who had thought of this mad form of travel in… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
I'm really very glad that I had skating to be my love and my escape. I think that it always gave me… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
There's a stigma to skating. People think of it as a kid's sport. People kept telling me I couldn't possibly make a… — Tony Hawk Copy Share Image
The protagonist of Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours doesn’t make it easy for us, channeling as he does Barry Hannah… — Jim Shepard Copy Share Image
I'm the youngest, too. When you're the youngest of a big family, people are like, "You're the baby, you're spoiled!" The fact… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
Searching for funds to continue my skating career when I was 17, I called the Women's Sports Foundation in New York. The… — Kristi Yamaguchi Copy Share Image
2017 was probably one of the hardest years of my life. There were a lot of personal struggles. I lost some very… — Scott Moir Copy Share Image
I started skating when I was about 10 years old. It was in an alleyway. I picked up my brother's skateboard and… — Tony Hawk Copy Share Image
The media was, 'Oh my God, you're gay,' and I'm like yes -- I've been out my whole life to my family… — Rudy Galindo Copy Share Image
If [science] tends to thicken the crust of ice on which, as it were, we are skating, it is all right. If… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
When she (my mother) passed away, I kind of understood the commitment that she made to make sure that I could stay… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
To me, figure skating is a diving sport. It's a sport made by the gods. It inspires people to cry, it inspires… — Frank Carroll Copy Share Image
Snowboarding's tough, because you've got to go to the mountains. For me, I love the skateboard season because I get to hangout… — Shaun White Copy Share Image
The way I balance life and skating is by enjoying the time I spend away from the rink. When I am not… — Kaetlyn Osmond Copy Share Image
So the programs all start to all look the same. I watched one free skating competition, and I thought I was watching… — Brian Boitano Copy Share Image
When you're in a sport like speed skating where the clock gives you the results, there is always a faster goal or… — Bonnie Blair Copy Share Image
I don't want my Olympic experience to be about Mike Pence. You know, I want it to be about my amazing skating… — Adam Rippon Copy Share Image
Puck in the centre of your chest, always have motion in your skating when the rush is coming at you, being square… — Jake Allen Copy Share Image
Learning a new trick will just happen randomly when I'm skating and if I feel good doing it, I take it to… — Nyjah Huston Copy Share Image
If you skate with an Olympic level skater, they make you so much better because you're skating behind them, and you're trying… — D. B. Sweeney Copy Share Image
Just a whole different style, just a whole different way of going about an audience and a way about skating. And they… — Elvis Stojko Copy Share Image
As soon as I was introduced to ice speed skating, I was instantly hooked. I never thought about pursuing skating professionally; I… — Shani Davis Copy Share Image
I just played football from an early age and didn't get involved in any other sports. We had tennis, cycling, ice skating… — Jaap Stam Copy Share Image
My mother introduced me to many different things, and figure skating was one of them. I just thought that it was magical… — Debi Thomas Copy Share Image
Our family life, before figure skating turned it upside down, seemed normal. Our town of Riverside, Connecticut, was part of Greenwich, and… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
When I first met Mike Pence, it was love at first sight. On our first date, we went ice skating at the… — Karen Pence Copy Share Image
I just try to touch people's hearts in a way through skating, so they're not just witnessing a performance, they're feeling a… — Scott Hamilton Copy Share Image
When I started skating, it was such a small community. You didn't aspire to be rich or famous or make a career… — Tony Hawk Copy Share Image
I had a portable 8-track player under all my ramps, cranking one of my four 8-tracks - Cars/'Candy-O,' Ramones/'Road To Ruin,' Cheap… — Jeff Ament Copy Share Image
I used to roller skate a lot in my youth on Taft Avenue, Manila. That is the reason there is always a… — Henry Sy Copy Share Image
I've never been invited to do 'Stars on Ice' before, which is the only figure skating tour in the U.S., and it's… — Johnny Weir Copy Share Image
Being queer you're supposed to adore figure skating. It's a sport, not an art. I love the costumes and hate the music… — Mark Morris Copy Share Image
Some communities are formed through schools, churches, workplaces. But much of how we learn about one another as a society comes from… — Mary Pilon Copy Share Image
I was an ambidextrous child, and the symmetry of roller skating was a welcome respite from my awkwardness with physical activities that… — Mary Pilon Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, we lived in Italy, which isn't really known for figure skating. I think that's why I excelled… — Meta Golding Copy Share Image
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