Skating Quotes · Page 9

“It was the same with his glutes, substantial and strong and set high to power what often appeared to be an effortless…

— Shawna Richer

We used to go and skating every other weekend. Me and you haning out, best friends no doubt, girl we had so…

— Jacob Latimore

In skating, I knew that 2014 was going to be it for me. I had my heart set on trying baseball again after.

— Eddy Alvarez

“thog no girly-orc, thog manly-orc who just happens to like figure skating!”

— Rich Burlew

I think for me it was a natural transition to move full time into acting rather than figure skating.

— Julie Benz

Skating is much more of an individual sport, and then there is a team event once the team is picked.

— Eddy Alvarez

I get to see the different sides of skating now which involves not only competing, but entertainment.

— Nancy Kerrigan

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 way I balance life and skating is by enjoying the time I spend away from the rink. When I am not…

— Kaetlyn Osmond

Snowboarding's tough, because you've got to go to the mountains. For me, I love the skateboard season because I get to hangout…

— Shaun White

I'm really very glad that I had skating to be my love and my escape. I think that it always gave me…

— Dorothy Hamill

“It was like trying to balance on a pair of knife blades. Who had thought of this mad form of travel in…

— Tamora Pierce

I'm trying to let winning the world championships settle in right now before I begin training again shortly. During the skating season,…

— Clara Hughes

I had a hard time with that hockey. I hadn't grown up skating, so that was my biggest challenge. We worked on…

— Woody Harrelson

Kat and I were in our 20s when we won in '88. Our personalities were already established. We were ready to move…

— Brian Boitano

I know that, in hockey, the object of the game is simple in that you have to get the puck into the…

— Patrick Chan

I think that there's a sense of self-reliance that exists in skateboarding that kids can take to their daily lives. I think…

— Tony Hawk

What kind of respect do I get? ... Just because I'm a physical player, it's O.K. to come at me and do…

— Scott Stevens

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

I told myself I would never stop skating. I would never stop riding bikes or riding motorcycles. I raced dirt when I…

— Matt Skiba

Any time skating was featured in a video game, I ate it up. So around 1997-98, I was shopping this video game…

— Tony Hawk

I'm a dirty kid: I like to be outside, I like to run about, I like to get messy. So I spent…

— Jamie Campbell Bower

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 love skateboarding because it's the funnest thing on earth. And that goes for, not only if you're one of us about…

— Nyjah Huston

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

— Gracie Gold

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

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

— Eliza Scanlen

At school I fought sometimes. Kids were saying that figure skating is sport for the girls. Then I had to prove them…

— Evgeni Plushenko

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

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

— Apolo Ohno

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

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

— Tessa Virtue

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

— Nyjah Huston

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

— John Part

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

— Ashley Wagner

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

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

That moment when you're rolling skating and you fall down and you stand up and people are staring at you.

— Sammi

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

— T.I