I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal. — Dorothy Hamill Champion Copy Share Image
I've made a commitment to concentrate on my career as an entertainer. — Dorothy Hamill Career Copy Share Image
My parents didn't have a lot of money, but we never knew that. They really did the best they could. — Dorothy Hamill Middle class Copy Share Image
I never really liked my short hair; it never occurred to me that people would want it. — Dorothy Hamill Hair Copy Share Image
I don't think television really captures the speed and the power of skating. — Dorothy Hamill Captures Copy Share Image
My whole family, my father's side, there was a great deal of depression, and my mother's side as well. — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
You see the fairy tale - four minutes of glory at the Olympics. I thought my life would be cake after that. — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
I wanted to learn how to skate backwards and they wouldn't help me and they went off and left me on my… — 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 Copy Share Image
In group lesson number six I think we learned how to turn backwards and then just kind of wiggle. That wasn't really… — Dorothy Hamill 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
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 Copy Share Image
If I'm on skates, I feel at home no matter what I'm doing. If they wanted me to sing and dance I… — Dorothy Hamill Dance 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 Copy Share Image
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 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 didn't know about competition or the Olympics until Peggy Fleming won in 1968. My mother looked after all of the competition… — Dorothy Hamill 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 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 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 Copy Share Image
Our family life, before figure skating turned it upside down, seemed normal. Our town of Riverside, Connecticut, was part of Greenwich, and… — Dorothy Hamill Advantage Copy Share Image
My parents believed in exposing each of their children to an abundance of varied activities in the hope they would find something… — Dorothy Hamill Abundance Copy Share Image
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 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
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 Copy Share Image
I was a bratty little sister. I was the youngest of three, and I often felt as though I didn't fit in. — Dorothy Hamill 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
My coach was a great politician, so he did most of the work. He was good. — Dorothy Hamill Coach Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There were no competitions on television. The first skating competition I ever remember seeing on television was the 1968 Olympics when Peggy… — Dorothy Hamill Competition Copy Share Image
My mother stopped working when she had my brother. She was a full time mom until I started getting heavily into ice… — Dorothy Hamill Brother 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 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 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 Copy Share Image
I used to have terrible tantrums. I was temperamental when I was younger. Actually, what I needed was a swift kick in… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
