I always had the sense that nothing was never good enough - striving for perfection. My mother and I had a sort… — 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
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 Copy Share Image
My parents didn't have a lot of money, but we never knew that. They really did the best they could. — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
I was really a spoiled brat when I was a kid skating. Meals are cooked for you, you are driven to the… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
My parents believed in exposing each of their children to an abundance of varied activities in the hope they would find something… — 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 was always falling in and out of love. I was engaged when I was 16 to the first guy I ever… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
My whole family, my father's side, there was a great deal of depression, and my mother's side as well. — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
My mother stopped working when she had my brother. She was a full time mom until I started getting heavily into ice… — 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
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 I understand… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
The mind is pretty powerful. In skating, you learn to click into that zone and focus not necessarily on what you're doing but if… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
I don't really think they saw anything in me, except the fact that I was interested in it. Some of the kids would miss… — 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 let me… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
I don't think television really captures the speed and the power of skating. — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, there were very few women athletes. I remember watching Olga Corbett, but Peggy Fleming and Janet Lynn were my… — 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 I would,… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
I was passionate. I found something that I loved. I could be all alone in a big old skating rink and nobody could get… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
It was very much like Norman Rockwell: small town America. We walked to school or rode our bikes, stopped at the penny candy store… — 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. Partying wasnt… — 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 down and… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
