I don't really think they saw anything in me, except the fact that I was interested in it. Some of the kids… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
One naively thinks that by winning the Olympics, it's going to be this switch, and then your life is going to be… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
I'm certainly not a perfect mother, but I'm trying to be what my mother wasn't for me. My mother's battled depression, so… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
I think I dreamed about competing at the Olympics, maybe hoping to win a gold medal. Not that I ever thought that… — Dorothy Hamill Competing Copy Share Image
I hated to read. My mother could not get me to read. I'm going through the same thing with my daughter now.… — Dorothy Hamill Books Copy Share Image
If I'm on skates, I feel at home no matter what I'm doing. If they wanted me to sing and dance I… — Dorothy Hamill Dance Copy Share Image
I was just ice skating. I had no concept of that. In those days you couldn't see the judges. I was this… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
Everybody has to deal with tough times. A gold medal doesn't make you immune to that. A skater is used to falling… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
In my teen years leading up to the Olympics, I loved having the excuse to skip out on parties because of skating.… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
I always had short hair, and I hated my short hair. I was always mistaken for a boy, but my mom wouldn't… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
My family had a membership to the Riverside Yacht Club where my brother, Sandy, learned to sail, and I competed in local… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
I didn't know about competition or the Olympics until Peggy Fleming won in 1968. My mother looked after all of the competition… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
It's different today than it was then. In those days we were strictly amateurs. If I had wanted to stay in for… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
In group lesson number six I think we learned how to turn backwards and then just kind of wiggle. That wasn't really… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
