Against Quote by Shani Davis

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

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

— Katarina Witt

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

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

I don't even need to do anything; I am always amped to skate. Always amped to be competing. I love competing - that's what…

— Ryan Sheckler

When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I…

— Peggy Fleming

I want to win at everything I'm doing. It doesn't matter what it is. I want to beat the person that I'm competing against.

— Paulie Malignaggi

I'm very competitive, and I want to win.

— Camilo Villegas

I just want to win. My competitive nature just comes out in me.

— Kemba Walker

If I'm competing against somebody, I want to win.

— Brandon Crawford

But I never really thought that I would be extraordinarily successful at skating, it's just something that happened, you know.

— Scott Hamilton