Hard Quote by Julie Benz

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 started skating when I was six years old.

— Nancy Kerrigan

I've been skating since I was 10 years old.

— Adam Rippon

There's a stigma to skating. People think of it as a kid's sport. People kept telling me I couldn't possibly make a living out…

— Tony Hawk

Skating takes up 70 percent of my time, school about 25 percent. Having fun and talking to my friends, 5 percent. It's hard. I…

— Michelle Kwan

My whole life has been the skate life. I don't really remember doing anything besides skateboarding.

— Ryan Sheckler

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

— Nathan Chen

I started skating when I was five years old in Pasadena, California.

— Mirai Nagasu

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

When I started skating, it was such a small community. You didn't aspire to be rich or famous or make a career out of…

— Tony Hawk

I have a life outside of skating.

— Patrick Chan

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