Skating Quotes · Page 9

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

— Zygmunt Bauman

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

— Nathan Chen

My dad worked several jobs to pay for my expense in skating.

— Nancy Kerrigan

My life path has been a blessing and a great learning experience. Skateboarding is my passion and I don't see that changing.…

— Ryan Sheckler

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

— Patrick Chan

Skating, like all other sports, has an element of strategy.

— Tara Lipinski

When I'm done skating, I guarantee you that I will not look back and remember standing on the podium. I'm going to…

— Apolo Ohno

I would just love to be able to give back to figure skating.

— Michelle Kwan

[on going to Sunday school:] It looks like rain, and I hope it will rain cats and dogs and hammers and pitchforks…

— Anonymous

Notice how many of the Olympic athletes effusively thanked their mothers for their success? “She drove me to my practice at four…

— Paul Theroux

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

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

— Jennette McCurdy

If you are going to be ice skating for three or potentially six months you are probably going to get injured a…

— Chloe Madeley

I started surfing first, but since I had the skate park across the street from my house I just got hooked on…

— Evan Mock

I won't quit skating until I am physically unable.

— Tony Hawk

Yes, I am the Olympic champion, but this is not the end of it. I want all the gold that there is…

— Adelina Sotnikova

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

A lot of the figure skating costumes are kind of revealing, so I think it's nice to have glowing, soft, smooth skin.

— Tessa Virtue

When I broke my leg, I never thought I'd ever be skating again let alone be standing on a world podium. I…

— Kaetlyn Osmond

There were a couple of years where I was skating and acting at the same time.

— Julie Benz

I just watch skating videos. That's it.

— Darby Allin

Power and strength are most important for my skating.

— Nyjah Huston

There're two different kinds of skating. There's the style skating, and there's the trick skating. He (Tony Hawk) does the trick skating…

— Christian Hosoi

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

Skating has given me so much that it's priceless.

— Michelle Kwan