Always Quote by Ryan Sheckler

I don't want to compete. I want to skate for the joy. I get so nervous in competition. I get always sick. I had…

— Katarina Witt

I can skate beautifully. While performing on ice I always try to please the audience and to win as well. Being artistic is very…

— Evgeni Plushenko

Competitions make me nervous. When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating and not, 'I have to do this…

— Katarina Witt

Skating isn't about the medals or the results. I love what I do. It's much more fun to win, but you cannot every time.

— Carolina Kostner

Whenever I put myself out there on the line, skating against other people, I simply want to win.

— Shani Davis

I skate all the time, but it's silly for me to do contests when MTV is giving me a boatload of money.

— Bam Margera

I'm very, very competitive. If my grandmother asks to race me down the street, I'm going to try to beat her. And I'll probably…

— Derek Jeter

I can do the tricks and I can skate. I have great skating skills and artistry and well-choreographed programs. For me, the biggest obstacle…

— Jeremy Abbott

I skate to anything with a good beat, anything that can get me motivated.

— Ryan Sheckler

I compete no matter what I'm doing... playing basketball, soccer, anything, no matter what I'm doing I'm trying to compete.

— De'Aaron Fox

I'm so used to being in this racing world. This is what I want to do. I don't like doing anything else.

— Hailie Deegan

When I was skating you had to participate in every thing.

— Eric Heiden