Skating Quotes · Page 5

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

— Nancy Kerrigan

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

— Julie Benz

I like figure skating, because it's articulate, and I'm that type of guy. But hey, we're all weird in our own way.

— Uriah Hall

And still I'm not completely happy with my skating. I always feel I can do more and climb higher.

— Oksana Baiul

And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very…

— Scott Hamilton

I think you learn how to fall well when you're figure skating. Your reflexes are very acute.

— Jud Tylor

For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it.

— Kim Yuna

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

Figure skating is such an individual sport, but to have a teammate on the podium with you is unbelievable.

— Kaetlyn Osmond

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

— Nathan Chen

My parents were of the opinion, because they had started skating very young, that you should have something that you do that…

— Anton Yelchin

I just try to touch people's hearts in a way through skating, so they're not just witnessing a performance, they're feeling a…

— Scott Hamilton

When I started skating, it was such a small community. You didn't aspire to be rich or famous or make a career…

— Tony Hawk

When I first met Mike Pence, it was love at first sight. On our first date, we went ice skating at the…

— Karen Pence

Just a whole different style, just a whole different way of going about an audience and a way about skating. And they…

— Elvis Stojko

I just played football from an early age and didn't get involved in any other sports. We had tennis, cycling, ice skating…

— Jaap Stam

As soon as I was introduced to ice speed skating, I was instantly hooked. I never thought about pursuing skating professionally; I…

— Shani Davis

I think we're skating on surfaces. I know it in my own life - and I think that is where this frustration…

— Terry Tempest Williams

I think we came out the last couple of game and have been able to get it going. The first couple we…

— Jarome Iginla

As a kid growing up, I didn't want to tell any of my classmates I did figure-skating because I knew they'd be…

— Nathan Chen

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

I am a skateboarder, and to stay fit for skating I have to stay away from a lot of things. I go…

— Ryan Sheckler

Figure skating was a pretty individual sport. I've grown up a lot since those days and enjoy being part of a team…

— Debi Thomas

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

Luckily, I discovered ice skating when I was eight and a half years old. There were two wonderful ponds within walking distance…

— Dorothy Hamill

Skateistan's not just about skating. It’s giving people life skills and hope for the future.

— Tony Hawk

I started skating when I was 2 years old because of my older sister Natasha was a skater, and I wanted to…

— Kaetlyn Osmond

I think back to my time when I was skating: I was 15, and there was no such thing as Instagram.

— Tara Lipinski

When I watch my skating when I was younger, I definitely see all this balletic movement and this artistry come through.

— Nathan Chen

I always loved skating but you can get hardened by it and it's discouraging and disheartening.

— Tessa Virtue

I tried all kinds of sports when I was a kid, like soccer and tennis and golf, and, in fact, started skating…

— Patrick Chan

In Japan, skating is like NHL hockey in Canada or baseball in the U.S., so pushing the limit is very enticing. Skating…

— Patrick Chan

I was into skateboarding, so through skating I kind of got into hip hop by discovering it through skate videos.

— Frank Dukes

Ice dance should not be seen as a rigid conformist form of figure skating. There is a great deal of freedom and…

— Robin Cousins

Injuries are a huge thing for skating. I think skating is a very unnatural sport for the body, very tough on the…

— Patrick Chan

My skating is a very emotional thing that comes from the heart, never doing it for the medal.

— Debi Thomas

Skating in itself is a difficult sport, and the amazing athletes within the sport are very challenging.

— Nathan Chen

If you are a complete perfectionist, then the truth is that this ice skating business will drive you a little crazy!

— Dorothy Hamill

In skating there's always another jump or another spin variation or another thing to learn, and that's what I liked about it.

— Gracie Gold

Whenever I put myself out there on the line, skating against other people, I simply want to win.

— Shani Davis