Amateur Quote by Patrick Chan

The price of training is always a certain trained incapacity: the more we know how to do something, the harder it is to learn…

— Abraham Kaplan

Skateboarding is training, but I don't think of it as training. It's fun.

— Shaun White

When my parents were paying for my sport, it wasn't just me out on the ice. Pretty much every dollar my mom made teaching…

— Ashley Wagner

We have coaches to pay, trainers, different sparring partners. There's a cost.

— Jessica Andrade

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

Skating has given me so much that it's priceless.

— Michelle Kwan

Skating, I think I was told once, is the second most expensive sport. My family's had to refinance three times - they really want…

— Jeremy Abbott

We athletes have a life that revolves around training.

— Neeraj Chopra

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

Skating in itself is a difficult sport, and the amazing athletes within the sport are very challenging.

— Nathan Chen

Sports is expensive, and you have to find a way to pay for it.

— Mirai Nagasu

Train everyone lavishly. You can't overspend on training.

— Tom Peters