Pairs skating and singles are two different things…

...Competitive Skaters must be prepared for a lot of work, challenges, self-discipline, and motivation. The desire must be there, but more importantly, your love…

— Oksana Baiul

We didn't call it a sport necessarily, and skaters definitely weren't thought of as athletes, we were thought of as misfits.

— Mike Vallely

That's what really makes great skating competitions. When you have two top skaters in good form giving superb performances.

— Dick Button

We are very excited with the roster of skaters that are coming. It's the first time New Jersey has been awarded an event of…

— Susan Ward

We had a party with the rest of the skaters in our trailer and then the next day we were off to see Jimmy…

— Eric Heiden

There's a lot of time when skaters think they know everything because they've seen videos of you, and seen you on TV or the…

— Mike Vallely

Skaters are infamously superstitious.

— Ashley Wagner

I know that I am the kind of person that gets a little bit more nervous than other skaters, but that's because I care…

— Carolina Kostner

There are only so many skaters like Brian Orser. Nobody is going to just step into his shoes.

— Kurt Browning

You can’t have a normal practice with nine skaters, Until we have more than nine guys, it’s not going to be a regular practice.

— Craig Adams

But no, we cross, crisscross, and recross our old tracks like figure skaters.

— David Mitchell

Skaters are very much like peacocks.

— Jon Heder

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

— Hiroshi Fujiwara

Generally, speed skaters don't run that much. I'm a little bit of an exception in that I run a lot.

— Apolo Ohno

Most of my friends are skaters or were skaters at one time, so they obviously relate.

— Tony Hawk