Skates Quotes

48 quotes by 45 authors

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards,… — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
The unique thing about bodybuilding is that when I compete it is just me on a stage alone. There is no field, no bat, no… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
I'm a wealthy man now. I've got a flat, a car, I have enough money to buy food. I skate to make the people happy.… — Evgeni Plushenko
I played everything. I played lacrosse, baseball, hockey, soccer, track and field. I was a big believer that you played hockey in the winter and… — Wayne Gretzky
The quintessential bad - luck position. Pucks can go off bodies, skates, bounce into the net. — Mike Liut
Before turning pro, I would never have just left my skates sitting in the locker room unattended. — Kristi Yamaguchi
When people discover they are no good at baseball or hockey, they put away their bats and their skates and they take up amateur golf… — Peter Lynch
I want to do with skates what Fred Astaire is doing with dancing. — Sonja Henie
The most important thing in skating is finding your center. There is nothing better than Skate Spinner to do this - not even skates! — Karen Magnussen
Allure goes beyond appearances to the way they grace the world. Some women propel themselves by means of an internal gyroscope. Others glide through life… — Keith Donohue
In Detroit, Ned [Harkness] kept talking about a new concept, and when I'd ask him what he meant he never gave me the right answer.… — Frank Mahovlich
My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always liked it. — Bonnie Blair
I actually had a Bobby Orr action figure. You could put the pads on him and skates and all that. I was 7, and he… — Mike Weir
I don't really remember a time younger than 5 years old that I didn't have skates on because all I can remember is every day,… — Michelle Kwan
I always thought after 2002 that I'd hang up my skates and turn professional and just go on tour and do shows. But I don't… — Michelle Kwan
I took group lessons at a rink near my home. We first had to learn how to stand up on the ice wearing skates. Eventually… — Nancy Kerrigan
And I'm not very coordinated, either. Only on ice skates, not in real life. — Julie Benz
Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Typical Hollywood crowd - all the kids are on drugs, and all the adults are on roller skates. — Eric Idle
He really is terribly heavy going. Like running up hill in roller skates. — Alan Ayckbourn

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