Skating Quotes · Page 6

I love skating. It's part of my life, and I never wanted to give it up.

— Nathan Chen

You know you had a good day of skating when the side of your thumb is just straight raw from holding your…

— Nyjah Huston

I want all the gold that there is out there — everything that exists in figure skating. In all events, in all competitions.

— Adelina Sotnikova

I asked my old man if I could go ice-skating on the lake. He told me, "Wait til it gets warmer."

— Rodney Dangerfield

It was always so nice to step away from figure skating and school with hockey. To this day I'm still a huge…

— Charlie White

I am proud to be a first-generation Chinese-American in the sport of figure skating.

— Nathan Chen

A lot of the figure skating costumes are kind of revealing, so I think it's nice to have glowing, soft, smooth skin.

— Tessa Virtue

The most important thing in skating is finding your center. There is nothing better than Skate Spinner to do this - not…

— Karen Magnussen

It was all too easy to make things up, it was like skating on thin ice, it was like doing dainty pirouettes…

— Jostein Gaarder

This is something I've always wanted to do- to skate through a part of New York City that thousands of people ride…

— Ryan Sheckler

I want people to see a real person on the ice. I want to seem tangible, hard-working, passionate about my skating, not…

— Ashley Wagner

I love skating. I love the speed, the power, the excitement, the feeling that --- even for just a moment --- I…

— Brian Boitano

I'm the baby for sure. My siblings are looking out for me, making sure I'm not doing something stupid. They are making…

— Nathan Chen

I don't remember the first time I skated on ice, I was too young. I do remember falling in love with that…

— Bonnie Blair

I am almost a real girl the entire drive home. I went to a diner. I drank hot chocolate and ate french…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

I used to be a shopper before I had children. I'd go to Bergdorf and Barneys all the time. But now my…

— Aerin Lauder

There're two different kinds of skating. There's the style skating, and there's the trick skating. He (Tony Hawk) does the trick skating…

— Christian Hosoi

What kind of respect do I get? ... Just because I'm a physical player, it's O.K. to come at me and do…

— Scott Stevens

I think that there's a sense of self-reliance that exists in skateboarding that kids can take to their daily lives. I think…

— Tony Hawk

When I get bored, or get stuck on an equation, I like to go ice skating, but it makes you forget your…

— Michio Kaku

When I'm done skating, I guarantee you that I will not look back and remember standing on the podium. I'm going to…

— Apolo Ohno

I love skateboarding because it's the funnest thing on earth. And that goes for, not only if you're one of us about…

— Nyjah Huston

Any time skating was featured in a video game, I ate it up. So around 1997-98, I was shopping this video game…

— Tony Hawk

I told myself I would never stop skating. I would never stop riding bikes or riding motorcycles. I raced dirt when I…

— Matt Skiba

I relate really well to individuals who have a career and explore other adventures outside of skating. That, to me, is fascinating.

— Patrick Chan

Be YOU. Don't be someone else. YOU are a unique individual. Be proud... rock it loud.

— Apolo Ohno

I think that ballet and skating definitely go hand in hand, especially growing up at Ballet West, which is an incredible academy.

— Nathan Chen

I don't know if skating or designing clothes is the be all or end all, there's always these new things that keep…

— Evan Mock

I've always wanted to make a music video with skating and different imagery, something very artistic.

— Johnny Weir

I instantly connected with the sport and I have fond memories of growing up on my skating rink that my dad made…

— P. K. Subban

Acting is like roller skating. Once you know how to do it, it is neither stimulating nor exciting.

— George Sanders

When I was in the care system, I lived for skating and drawing. I lived on roller skates.

— Goldie

In figure skating, you have four minutes to do your best. It's your time; you do your best.

— Michelle Kwan

When I was younger, I always dreamed of being a legend, to be remembered in figure skating.

— Michelle Kwan

When I was a kid. I had traveled the world by the time I was 13 years old because of all the…

— Brittany Bowe

Figure skating is not a hobby. It's my work, which I want to do, and do well.

— Adelina Sotnikova

Figure skating is such an individual sport, but to have a teammate on the podium with you is unbelievable.

— Kaetlyn Osmond

For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it.

— Kim Yuna

Some skaters, they live for skating, and they are home-schooled. I'm very lucky my parents let me go to school and have…

— Ashley Wagner

I think back to my time when I was skating: I was 15, and there was no such thing as Instagram.

— Tara Lipinski