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

— Nathan Chen

When I was young, many people didn't know what figure skating was. Some who knew of it thought of it as dancing on ice.…

— Yuna Kim

I really wanted to play hockey. My mom thought figure skates looked easier to use, so she put me in the learn-to-skate program.

— Nathan Chen

My parents always tell me that they never would have let me start if they had known how expensive and difficult figure skating is.

— Mirai Nagasu

To me, figure skating is a diving sport. It's a sport made by the gods. It inspires people to cry, it inspires people to…

— Frank Carroll

I love figure skating. It's what I'm good at.

— Yuna Kim

I really like figure skating.

— Lindsey Vonn

And so figure skating was a great vehicle for me to kind of be competitive at something, without having to be big.

— Scott Hamilton

Skating was something I really wanted to do; my parents knew nothing about it. They said they'd support me as long as I was…

— Kristi Yamaguchi

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

When I was a kid, we lived in Italy, which isn't really known for figure skating. I think that's why I excelled so well.…

— Meta Golding

To me, figure skating is an art form, and that's what I always try to bring in, even to my competitive programs.

— Johnny Weir