Skating Quotes · Page 8

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

When we get off the line in skating we kind of look like little ducks running.

— Eddy Alvarez

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

— Katarina Witt

Before you get to the strip club, you've got to go through the skating rinks.

— T.I

And so figure skating was a great vehicle for me to kind of be competitive at something, without having to be big.

— Scott Hamilton

Yes, my parents are strict about me having a childhood. I go ice skating and sledding, and swimming in the summer.

— Jackie Evancho

But I never really thought that I would be extraordinarily successful at skating, it's just something that happened, you know.

— Scott Hamilton

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 sort of always had an inkling towards some kind of an art form. I grew up in a very small town,…

— Rachel McAdams

I didn't study dance. I had some ballet lessons because I needed it for posture and for my arms, mostly. My skating…

— Dorothy Hamill

I would recommend anybody who gets a chance to see short track skating, make it a point to go out there when…

— Eric Heiden

I usually just write down what I'm doing and how I felt. How I felt if I'm skating fast, compared to if…

— Shani Davis

If skating got into the Olympics, I would be tempted to hold off on shredding for a year and just skate, to…

— Shaun White

Civilisation, the orderly world in which we live, is frail. We are skating on thin ice. There is a fear of a…

— Zygmunt Bauman

I continued a legacy of great skating from this country and I was able to capitalize on the reputation of the Canadian…

— Kurt Browning

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

The last two years, nationals have been close to home for me, so I've had big family support from friends and club…

— Alaine Chartrand

Everyone saying, 'She'll bring back women's skating. This will be the one to watch at the Olympics.' And they say things that…

— Gracie Gold

Punk rock and skateboarding took the 'school' out of living your life, and I related to learning as I went, doing a…

— Jeff Ament

If you should go skating On the thin ice of modern life Dragging behind you the silent reproach Of a million tear-stained…

— Pink Floyd

When I found skating, it was something that was individual, and it was something that I could focus on being my best.…

— Adam Rippon

I learned to skate in our garage. We lived in the country in Florida, it was sort of farmish, and there was…

— Rodney Mullen

The most important thing about skating is that it teaches you to do the things you should do before you do the…

— Barbara Ann Scott

Skating is a very beautiful sport, and I love watching new programs.

— Nathan Chen

Good writing is a kind of skating which carries off the performer where he would not go.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

For me, I'm a skateboarder.If I'm not skating then I'm going crazy. The big deals, if I'm not skating, it's not worth…

— Rob Dyrdek

My parents told me, 'Skating is a privilege, not a right, and school always comes first.'

— Ashley Wagner

The scenes in 'The Virgin Suicides' where Elle Fanning is ice skating are really amazing.

— Charli XCX

The Olympics have really motivated me, ever since I started skating as a little kid.

— Nathan Chen

That's where you just have to get creative. There are all these trampoline parks and there's bowling and there's roller skating.

— Michelle Obama

Cardio is tough after a day of skating, but with my iPod I can get into the moment and complete the cardio…

— Sasha Cohen

Education is more important than skating. I want to keep up with my schoolwork and my skating.

— Mirai Nagasu

I'm supposed to relax and concentrate on the image of myself out there skating my race.

— Mary Docter

To me, skating should look effortless even when you're doing the hardest of elements.

— Johnny Weir

I love figure skating and what I am able to express creatively. I want to leave a legacy in the sport.

— Patrick Chan

Skating is big in Chicago. There's a lot of hockey; a lot of the boys play hockey. And figure skating is big.

— Joan Cusack

My coaches have told me my muscles and body structure are perfect for skating.

— Kim Yuna

It's nice to go skating in a parking lot and hang out with people who aren't talking about their next movie role.

— Tom Green