I'm certainly not a perfect mother, but I'm trying to be what my mother wasn't for me. My mother's battled depression, so… — Dorothy Hamill Been Copy Share Image
The mind is pretty powerful. In skating, you learn to click into that zone and focus not necessarily on what you're doing… — Dorothy Hamill Click Copy Share Image
I don't really think they saw anything in me, except the fact that I was interested in it. Some of the kids… — Dorothy Hamill Anything Copy Share Image
I always had short hair, and I hated my short hair. I was always mistaken for a boy, but my mom wouldn't… — Dorothy Hamill Always Copy Share Image
I don't think television really captures the speed and the power of skating. — Dorothy Hamill Captures Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, there were very few women athletes. I remember watching Olga Corbett, but Peggy Fleming and Janet Lynn… — Dorothy Hamill Athletes Copy Share Image
I think I dreamed about competing at the Olympics, maybe hoping to win a gold medal. Not that I ever thought that… — Dorothy Hamill Competing Copy Share Image
I was passionate. I found something that I loved. I could be all alone in a big old skating rink and nobody… — Dorothy Hamill Fantasy Copy Share Image
It was very much like Norman Rockwell: small town America. We walked to school or rode our bikes, stopped at the penny… — Dorothy Hamill America Copy Share Image
In my teen years leading up to the Olympics, I loved having the excuse to skip out on parties because of skating.… — Dorothy Hamill Excuse Copy Share Image
Everybody has to deal with tough times. A gold medal doesn't make you immune to that. A skater is used to falling… — Dorothy Hamill Again Copy Share Image
I worked as hard as I could. I was always the first one on the ice, and the last one off. — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
It's different today than it was then. In those days we were strictly amateurs. If I had wanted to stay in for… — Dorothy Hamill Different Copy Share Image
People think skating would translate very easily to dancing, but it really doesn't. Dancing is a lot of fun and not as… — Dorothy Hamill Being Copy Share Image
Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done… — Dorothy Hamill Done Copy Share Image
I always had the sense that nothing was never good enough - striving for perfection. My mother and I had a sort… — Dorothy Hamill Enough Copy Share Image
I was just ice skating. I had no concept of that. In those days you couldn't see the judges. I was this… — Dorothy Hamill Boards Copy Share Image
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 About Copy Share Image
My family had a membership to the Riverside Yacht Club where my brother, Sandy, learned to sail, and I competed in local… — Dorothy Hamill Became Copy Share Image
A lot of people who have depression understand that the last thing in the world you want to do when you're feeling… — Dorothy Hamill Beating Copy Share Image
At times, I feel overwhelmed and my depression leads me into darkness. — Dorothy Hamill Darkness Copy Share Image
I think Princess Diana probably had the most famous haircut, or Farrah Fawcett or Jennifer Aniston. — Dorothy Hamill Diana Copy Share Image
I hated to read. My mother could not get me to read. I'm going through the same thing with my daughter now.… — Dorothy Hamill Books Copy Share Image
One naively thinks that by winning the Olympics, it's going to be this switch, and then your life is going to be… — Dorothy Hamill Going Copy Share Image
