Skating Quotes · Page 7

If you don't know a lot about figure skating, it's easy to fall in love with ice dancing because it's so romantic…

— Dorothy Hamill

Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art of social life.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Skating is one of those sports you unfortunately see people get stuck in.

— Ashley Wagner

I like to pick on figure skating, which is very athletic but it's not a sport.

— John Part

It's crazy to think that back when I was 11 years old I was skating X Games.

— Nyjah Huston

I knew without doubt that I would try and continue my education as I was skating.

— Tessa Virtue

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

— Scott Hamilton

School for me has always been a really great balance with the skating.

— Tessa Virtue

Interest and proficiency in almost any one activity-swimming, boating, fishing, skiing, skating-breed interest in many more. Once someone discovers the delight of…

— Margaret Mead

For those that say I endanger my child: it's more likely that you will fall while walking on the sidewalk than I…

— Tony Hawk

I began skating in the official practice venue of the 2002 Games. It was a huge Olympic atmosphere with Apollo Ohno sitting…

— Nathan Chen

I think what every skater dreams of is not only skating the best program they can possibly skate, but, y'know, having the…

— Sarah Hughes

Red certainly is the family color. From my mother and my grandmother, I've learned a lot of little tricks - the significance…

— Gracie Gold

I don't have many hobbies outside of skating. But I do read, watch TV, play with my animals, and try to hang…

— Kaetlyn Osmond

When I was skating I felt I represented not just my family and the people who helped me make it to that…

— Sarah Hughes

Ever since I started skating, making the Olympic team was my ultimate dream. It's what has inspired and motivated me throughout my…

— Nathan Chen

I skate a lot with my shirt off, so working out has always been important to me. I almost have as much…

— Ryan Sheckler

Growing up, you always dream of winning a gold medal. But coming into these Games, it wasn't something I was focused on.…

— Cindy Klassen

I remember my mom let me stay up late and watch Tara Lipinski and Michelle Kwan compete in the 1998 Olympic Games.…

— Adam Rippon

My dad usually never has time for my skating, which is OK because they have to make a living somehow. For them…

— Mirai Nagasu

Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against…

— Vera Wang

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

— Hiroshi Fujiwara

There really hasn't been a name that is in the media on a daily basis, and that's what skating in the '90s…

— Tara Lipinski

Being in the public eye is part of what I do, and taking on a multitude of different projects - television, radio,…

— Johnny Weir

You can't dwell on what happened. You can't live even a moment stewing in bitterness.

— Apolo Ohno

I watch a lot of professional skating, and I am really looking forward to going to nationals.

— Debi Thomas

Figure skating is not a hobby. Its my work, which I want to do, and do well.

— Adelina Sotnikova

I used to ice skate at parties when I was eight, but that was sort of the extent of roller skating, ice…

— Eliza Scanlen

I love skating so much and I feel like every time I step out onto the ice, that's what I'm meant to…

— Clara Hughes

It's just skating, and you're going to have a couple of mistakes. Even in practice, you're not hitting 100%.

— Gracie Gold

Figure skating is theatrical. It's artistic. It's elegant. It's extremely athletic. And there's a very specific audience for that.

— Johnny Weir

The first time I ever sang in front of a crowd of people was, like, 10,000 people in Japan at a skating exhibition.

— Adam Rippon

Our father got us into skating and built us many ramps around our yard.

— Nyjah Huston

Skating taught me to set a goal and to block out other things and just focus on this one thing.

— Katarina Witt

I love figure skating, so I do that as often as I can. Other than that I just go to the gym…

— Jennette McCurdy

We got skate parks in different states, but me skating? Nah, I'm too gangster; I can't rock with it. But I watch…

— Birdman

Roller-skating and ice-skating are two different things - I found that out the hard way.

— Todd Bridges

I love skating and sparkling and flying around the ice, and people clap for you. It's an amazing feeling.

— Johnny Weir

I started skating and I kind of liked it because I could run circles around the guys that wouldn't pick me to…

— Scott Hamilton

People don't understand sarcasm, like, they take everything too seriously. People need to lighten up and go ice skating.

— Daniel Johns