Champion Quote by Dorothy Hamill

I'm certainly not a perfect mother, but I'm trying to be what my mother wasn't for me. My mother's battled depression, so I understand…

— Dorothy Hamill

The mind is pretty powerful. In skating, you learn to click into that zone and focus not necessarily on what you're doing but if…

— Dorothy Hamill

I don't really think they saw anything in me, except the fact that I was interested in it. Some of the kids would miss…

— Dorothy Hamill

I always had short hair, and I hated my short hair. I was always mistaken for a boy, but my mom wouldn't let me…

— Dorothy Hamill

I don't think television really captures the speed and the power of skating.

— Dorothy Hamill

When I was growing up, there were very few women athletes. I remember watching Olga Corbett, but Peggy Fleming and Janet Lynn were my…

— Dorothy Hamill

To be the world's best, you have to beat the world's best.

— Dorothy Hamill

I think I dreamed about competing at the Olympics, maybe hoping to win a gold medal. Not that I ever thought that I would,…

— Dorothy Hamill

I was passionate. I found something that I loved. I could be all alone in a big old skating rink and nobody could get…

— Dorothy Hamill

It was very much like Norman Rockwell: small town America. We walked to school or rode our bikes, stopped at the penny candy store…

— Dorothy Hamill

In my teen years leading up to the Olympics, I loved having the excuse to skip out on parties because of skating. Partying wasnt…

— Dorothy Hamill

Everybody has to deal with tough times. A gold medal doesn't make you immune to that. A skater is used to falling down and…

— Dorothy Hamill