Most of my friends are skaters or were skaters at one time, so they obviously relate. — Tony Hawk Copy Share Image
I like to watch surfers and skaters that are really fast and really powerful and everything flows. — John John Florence Copy Share Image
Korean audiences are amazing. The fans scream so loud, and that really surprises skaters when they first perform in my shows. — Kim Yuna Copy Share Image
Figure skaters are usually young and then just fade away. But I'm not a fade-away kind of person. — Mirai Nagasu Copy Share Image
Generally, speed skaters don't run that much. I'm a little bit of an exception in that I run a lot. — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
When I go to competitions, I don't have so much confidence that I don't worry or get nervous about the other skaters… — Patrick Chan Copy Share Image
Some skaters, they live for skating, and they are home-schooled. I'm very lucky my parents let me go to school and have… — Ashley Wagner Copy Share Image
There are only so many skaters like Brian Orser. Nobody is going to just step into his shoes. — Kurt Browning Copy Share Image
While I circled around and around in my brown rental skates, I studied a group of skaters spinning in the center. I… — Gracie Gold Copy Share Image
Although it's hard some days to wake up an hour earlier to do the gym workout as opposed to other skaters who… — Patrick Chan Copy Share Image
I live with fellow speed skaters and National Team members Heather Richardson, Sugar Todd and Mitch Whitmore, and Sugar lives up to… — Brittany Bowe Copy Share Image
A lot of people who watch figure skaters want us to look like pretty princesses. I want people to see the athlete,… — Ashley Wagner Copy Share Image
I have been compared to Mao since we were both junior skaters. We've felt the rivalry since then, so we wanted to… — Yuna Kim Copy Share Image
Looking back, I feel very fortunate to have had such a long career. Many skaters end their careers in their early 20s.… — Michelle Kwan Copy Share Image
Statistically, I'd say there are about as many gay figure skaters as there are gay football players. The majority are straight. There… — Johnny Weir 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
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
I used to skate a lot when I was a kid. I loved it and was quite good. When I came back… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
You can’t have a normal practice with nine skaters, Until we have more than nine guys, it’s not going to be a… — Craig Adams Copy Share Image
There's a lot of time when skaters think they know everything because they've seen videos of you, and seen you on TV… — Mike Vallely Copy Share Image
We were one of the first to say, 'Let's make a really nice shirt for skaters and let's make it really well.'… — James Jebbia Copy Share Image
I think growing up in skating, I was surrounded by the LGBT community, so I grew up very aware because I was… — Ashley Wagner Copy Share Image
There's a lot of skaters that I look up to, and I think my biggest skating role models were the two Russian… — Nathan Chen Copy Share Image
I know that I am the kind of person that gets a little bit more nervous than other skaters, but that's because… — Carolina Kostner Copy Share Image
I want to inspire the next generation of athletes, not just figure skaters. — Scott Moir Copy Share Image
Watching previous figure skaters, I always wondered why they cried after their performance. — Kim Yuna Copy Share Image
That's something I'm actually very interested in doing, helping young skaters. — Nathan Chen 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
Obviously, the skaters in generations before us didn't have the opportunity to win multiple medals at an Olympic Games. We recognize that. — Scott Moir Copy Share Image
You see figure skaters fall all the time. It's the way you pick yourself back up and keep going. — Michelle Kwan Copy Share Image
Pairs skating and singles are two different things. Although some skaters have achieved this successfully, it is a very difficult transition. You're… — Oksana Baiul Copy Share Image
I changed high schools three times because my parents moved. I had one friend my freshman year named Miki Vukovich. Miki and… — Tony Hawk Copy Share Image
Martina Navratilova is not a 'girl,' nor is Debi Thomas or Katarina Witt, and the women skaters weren't 'cute' in 1988. The… — Anita DeFrantz Copy Share Image
Skaters, I think they tend to be outsiders who seek a sense of belonging, but belonging on their own terms, and real… — Rodney Mullen Copy Share Image
The skaters a lot of times do their own hair and makeup before they compete. That was always kind of a ritual...that… — Kristi Yamaguchi Copy Share Image
