Body Quote by Eddy Alvarez

Power and strength are most important for my skating.

— Nyjah Huston

With speed skating, it's like doing one-legged squats over and over again, with that one leg absorbing more than 80 percent of your weight.…

— Apolo Ohno

My coaches have told me my muscles and body structure are perfect for skating.

— Kim Yuna

I like skating big stuff, and you need the power to get on those obstacles and take the impact coming off. You need the…

— Nyjah Huston

I could never focus on my upper body as a skater, so I'm enjoying having symmetrical upper and lower body muscle.

— Apolo Ohno

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Skating can make you feel athletic, graceful, beautiful.

— Gracie Gold

I'm trying to let winning the world championships settle in right now before I begin training again shortly. During the skating season, we skate…

— Clara Hughes

And still I'm not completely happy with my skating. I always feel I can do more and climb higher.

— Oksana Baiul

I do very scientific-based training. However, for skating, that's a little bit out of the ordinary. Many skaters base their off-ice training around plyometrics,…

— Nathan Chen

Without strength and courage it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you're alone on the ice and…

— Scott Hamilton

Figure skating, especially the longer performances, are such a feat. It requires so much stamina and is so beautiful.

— Gus Kenworthy