Being Quote by Carl Hagelin

I used to play hockey when I was growing up. Everyone sort of learns how to skate and play hockey at an early age.

— Bob Dylan

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

— Sarah Hughes

I grew up in Wisconsin loving hockey. I mean, I started when I was three years old on skates.

— J. J. Watt

Most kids start playing hockey at the age of five, I was an earlier bloomer. My parents laced up my first pair of skates…

— P. K. Subban

I started skating when I was six years old.

— Nancy Kerrigan

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

— Nathan Chen

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

When I was like 6, my brother took me to the park near our house in Braunschweig, Germany, and taught me to skate. We…

— Dennis Schroder

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

I began skating when I was 3. It was during 2002, the year the Olympics were held in Salt Lake City.

— Nathan Chen

I instantly connected with the sport and I have fond memories of growing up on my skating rink that my dad made for us…

— P. K. Subban

My Uncle Henry had a rink in his backyard. I remember one night I woke up too excited to sleep. I think it was…

— T. J. Oshie