Skating Quotes · Page 7

I started skating when I was 2 years old because of my older sister Natasha was a skater, and I wanted to…

— Kaetlyn Osmond

Skateistan's not just about skating. It’s giving people life skills and hope for the future.

— Tony Hawk

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

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 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

I think you learn how to fall well when you're figure skating. Your reflexes are very acute.

— Jud Tylor

Hurricane Katrina exposed the harsh reality that we have been skating on thin ice when it comes to this country's energy concentrations…

— Pete Domenici

When I was a kid, I used to wake up every single day and skateboard. All I would think about is skating,…

— Doja Cat

I roller skated when I was younger, but when you're on a track that's slanted and you're with other people all skating…

— Kristen Wiig

We need to remind people how fun skating is, how quirky skating is. If we went on TV and overlooked the cold,…

— Tara Lipinski

I don't have many hobbies outside of skating. But I do read, watch TV, play with my animals, and try to hang…

— Kaetlyn Osmond

Red certainly is the family color. From my mother and my grandmother, I've learned a lot of little tricks - the significance…

— Gracie Gold

When I was skating I felt I represented not just my family and the people who helped me make it to that…

— Sarah Hughes

I sort of always had an inkling towards some kind of an art form. I grew up in a very small town,…

— Rachel McAdams

I'm a dirty kid: I like to be outside, I like to run about, I like to get messy. So I spent…

— Jamie Campbell Bower

Notice how many of the Olympic athletes effusively thanked their mothers for their success? “She drove me to my practice at four…

— Paul Theroux

I skate a lot with my shirt off, so working out has always been important to me. I almost have as much…

— Ryan Sheckler

I remember my mom let me stay up late and watch Tara Lipinski and Michelle Kwan compete in the 1998 Olympic Games.…

— Adam Rippon

Growing up, you always dream of winning a gold medal. But coming into these Games, it wasn't something I was focused on.…

— Cindy Klassen

Sometimes it gets a little hectic on trips because we're skating all day long, and all you want to do is eat…

— Ryan Sheckler

You never have enough competition at any position, ... Several of the players listed at right wing have played center in the…

— Anson Carter

I used to skate a lot when I was a kid. I loved it and was quite good. When I came back…

— Hiroshi Fujiwara

I like figure skating, because it's articulate, and I'm that type of guy. But hey, we're all weird in our own way.

— Uriah Hall

There were a couple of years where I was skating and acting at the same time.

— Julie Benz

And still I'm not completely happy with my skating. I always feel I can do more and climb higher.

— Oksana Baiul

Largely, I began skating because I wanted stuff to do outside of school. My mom decided to put me into figure skating.

— Nathan Chen

Classic music will always come across better on the ice because skating has such a rich history, rooted in tradition.

— Gracie Gold

Having the balance to be able to stay on the board in skating and surfing gives you all-around much better balance.

— Shaun White

I like to pick on figure skating, which is very athletic but it's not a sport.

— John Part

It's crazy to think that back when I was 11 years old I was skating X Games.

— Nyjah Huston

Skating is one of those sports you unfortunately see people get stuck in.

— Ashley Wagner

Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art of social life.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

I used to ice skate at parties when I was eight, but that was sort of the extent of roller skating, ice…

— Eliza Scanlen

At school I fought sometimes. Kids were saying that figure skating is sport for the girls. Then I had to prove them…

— Evgeni Plushenko

It's just skating, and you're going to have a couple of mistakes. Even in practice, you're not hitting 100%.

— Gracie Gold

I love skating so much and I feel like every time I step out onto the ice, that's what I'm meant to…

— Clara Hughes

Figure skating is theatrical. It's artistic. It's elegant. It's extremely athletic. And there's a very specific audience for that.

— Johnny Weir

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

— Scott Hamilton