Skating Quotes · Page 5

We don't get any marks for effort like in ice-skating.

— Kevin Keegan

I was into skateboarding, so through skating I kind of got into hip hop by discovering it through skate videos.

— Frank Dukes

Ice dance should not be seen as a rigid conformist form of figure skating. There is a great deal of freedom and…

— Robin Cousins

To me, figure skating is an art form, and that's what I always try to bring in, even to my competitive programs.

— Johnny Weir

I started skating when I was five years old in Pasadena, California.

— Mirai Nagasu

I've never been ice skating, ever. I'm traumatized by the idea of it.

— Sebastian Stan

Every four years, I'll watch figure skating, but I'm no closer to buying tights.

— N.D. Wilson

Growing up, I was sort of a tomboy. I was the one skating with the boys.

— Amy Smart

If you are a complete perfectionist, then the truth is that this ice skating business will drive you a little crazy!

— Dorothy Hamill

I know that, in hockey, the object of the game is simple in that you have to get the puck into the…

— Patrick Chan

Without strength and courage it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you're alone on the…

— Scott Hamilton

I've always enjoyed performing. I was in figure skating before, and then I joined my first school play. Ever since that, you…

— Daniela Bobadilla

People think skating would translate very easily to dancing, but it really doesn't. Dancing is a lot of fun and not as…

— Dorothy Hamill

It's just these moments in hip-hop where you feel invincible. It felt good hearing the music on the radio and in cars,…

— Swizz Beatz

Skating was something I really wanted to do; my parents knew nothing about it. They said they'd support me as long as…

— Kristi Yamaguchi

I don't want to compete. I want to skate for the joy. I get so nervous in competition. I get always sick.…

— Katarina Witt

While I circled around and around in my brown rental skates, I studied a group of skaters spinning in the center. I…

— Gracie Gold

Skating becomes more important to me every year. It's obviously harder as age takes a toll on the body and the brain,…

— Mirai Nagasu

I really started getting my body ready when I was a freshman in high school. I had just been skating so much,…

— Ryan Sheckler

“When two souls stand on ice, it is easy to say which one is leading the movement and which one is following.…

— Virgil Kalyana Mittata Iordache

I never ever wanted to change my sport... Figure skating was my outlet, it was my breath, it was how I could…

— Johnny Weir

I decided to host my show 'Kiss and Cry' hoping that people actually want to participate and feel more familiar with figure…

— Yuna Kim

Because I don't look like I'm skating around as hard as Bobby Bassen doesn't mean my mind isn't working twice as hard…

— Brett Hull

There are a lot of things I might be good at, such as competitive figure skating, window washing from ten stories up,…

— Jen Kirkman

[on going to Sunday school:] It looks like rain, and I hope it will rain cats and dogs and hammers and pitchforks…

— Anonymous

Skating in itself is a difficult sport, and the amazing athletes within the sport are very challenging.

— Nathan Chen

My skating is a very emotional thing that comes from the heart, never doing it for the medal.

— Debi Thomas

In skating there's always another jump or another spin variation or another thing to learn, and that's what I liked about it.

— Gracie Gold

Skating has so many styles. Once you pick up a skateboard, you'll find out that it's not a hobby, it's not a…

— Lil Wayne

Whenever I put myself out there on the line, skating against other people, I simply want to win.

— Shani Davis

Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart.

— Scott Hamilton

What our generation hopefully is doing is not believing in that so-called bad luck that Canada has with figure skating at the…

— Scott Moir

Figure skating, especially the longer performances, are such a feat. It requires so much stamina and is so beautiful.

— Gus Kenworthy

Skating isn't about the medals or the results. I love what I do. It's much more fun to win, but you cannot…

— Carolina Kostner

Brandon McCaw is an expert in ice skating. He reached 876,456,987,234 goals in ice skating. Go to is website on ICESKATING.

— Brandon McCaw

If you don't know a lot about figure skating, it's easy to fall in love with ice dancing because it's so romantic…

— Dorothy Hamill

Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don't know. That's got to be tough.

— Wayne Gretzky

I don't even know if you can blink in a hundredth of a second, and that's what it comes down to in…

— Brittany Bowe

I started out Ice skating with Holiday On Ice and just got offered the part of R2 by chance.

— Kenny Baker

And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very…

— Scott Hamilton