Because Quote by Brittany Bowe

I started skating when I was six years old.

— Nancy Kerrigan

I've been an athlete all my life. I was a competitive figure skater, and then when I realized skating was not an adult sport…

— Condoleezza Rice

From 8 to 19, I was skateboarding every single day. That was my life. I worked at a skate shop. I watched skate videos.

— Ryan McGinley

I started skateboarding when I was 12, and I broke my leg when I was 19 so... seven years.

— Matt Costa

I started skating when I was five years old in Pasadena, California.

— Mirai Nagasu

I was nine-years-old when I first put on skates.

— Scott Hamilton

I actually have an ice-skating background. I skated until I was 15, for about eight years. It was hardcore skating for about eight hours…

— T. V. Carpio

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

— Dorothy Hamill

I've been skating since I was 10 years old.

— Adam Rippon

I look back at 1993 or 1994 when I made it to the National Championships, and I was on used skates and handmade or…

— Michelle Kwan

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

— Nyjah Huston

Largely, I began skating because I wanted stuff to do outside of school. My mom decided to put me into figure skating.

— Nathan Chen