Contests were so pertinent that you had to think that way but today, it's not like that. You have your contest skaters,… — Christian Hosoi Copy Share Image
We had a party with the rest of the skaters in our trailer and then the next day we were off to… — Eric Heiden Copy Share Image
I don't want to be an object of consumption. I like to get out there and participate because I care about it.… — Mike Vallely Copy Share Image
Kids don't know the language of figure skating. If you ask them to do a compulsory figure, they don't know how to,… — Brian Boitano Copy Share Image
I would dream of being a pro skater, but I never dreamt I'd be discovered by Lance Mountain and Stacey Peralta, who… — Mike Vallely Copy Share Image
I think skateboarding is better now in terms of the amount of facilities and the amount of support young skaters have -… — Tony Hawk Copy Share Image
I actually prefer soothing music - and maybe that's the skater in me. — Michelle Kwan Copy Share Image
I was a snot-nosed teenage skater at one point, who listened to only punk records and hung around people that had that… — Ariel Rechtshaid Copy Share Image
We are very excited with the roster of skaters that are coming. It's the first time New Jersey has been awarded an… — Susan Ward Copy Share Image
Skateboarding doesn't make you a skateboarder; not being able to stop skateboarding makes you a skateboarder. — Lance Mountain Copy Share Image
All I care about is that people remember me as a good skater, as someone who was innovative. — Tony Hawk Copy Share Image
The emerging picture from such studies is that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
I've been an athlete all my life. I was a competitive figure skater, and then when I realized skating was not an… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
That's what really makes great skating competitions. When you have two top skaters in good form giving superb performances. — Dick Button Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When it comes down to competition, it's not always about the best skater, it's about who skates the best in that competition. — Gracie Gold Copy Share Image
I wasn't shy, but I was really hyper. Nobody got my sense of humor. I was a black skater kid. — Tyler, The Creator Copy Share Image
I am a middle-aged opera queen in loafers that makes out I am a 16 year old death metal skater... It's all… — Rick Owens Copy Share Image
I couldn't beat people with my strength; I don't have a hard shot; I'm not the quickest skater in the league. My… — Wayne Gretzky Copy Share Image
As Bartok put it so succinctly: "Competitions are for horses." Nothing could be more barbaric that the practice or ranking artists as… — Russell Sherman Copy Share Image
