Sarah Hughes

I liked being active. I liked being creative.

— Sarah Hughes

I started skating because I loved it. I started when I was three and I didn't know all the sacrifices and all…

— Sarah Hughes

It's really ironic that I won, because that's not the goal that I had in mind when I went out to skate.

— Sarah Hughes

When I was skating I felt I represented not just my family and the people who helped me make it to that…

— Sarah Hughes

I just skated for the fun of it.

— Sarah Hughes

I think it was a great moment for America to have two ladies on the podium.

— Sarah Hughes

I could have been known for something terrible.

— Sarah Hughes

I didn't hold back.

— Sarah Hughes

Ti's of thee to fall from the deep blue sky into my heart is an endless pit of sorrow to climb back…

— Sarah Hughes

I think what every skater dreams of is not only skating the best program they can possibly skate, but, y'know, having the…

— Sarah Hughes

When I started my program... there was a big clock in the corner and I looked and it said nine o'clock exactly.…

— Sarah Hughes

It was a dream of mine to be an Olympic champion but not a lifelong goal.

— Sarah Hughes

I showed everyone the medal and they said, 'Ooh, I can't believe how heavy it is,' Sometimes they were more interested in…

— Sarah Hughes

There is only but one thing that I hope to see in a man, one that will love and not care about…

— Sarah Hughes

“Sometimes I fall, but landing every jump isn't the point. It's the attempt. It's the effort.”

— Sarah Hughes

I want to do some skating and then go to law school in three years. I'm enjoying it and I'm going to…

— Sarah Hughes

I wear my Peggy Fleming T-shirt when I go to sleep every night before I compete, and for the past four years,…

— Sarah Hughes

Katarina Witt. She was the ultimate competitor. She would just stare down people before competition. She was relentless on the ice.

— Sarah Hughes