Quote by Shawna Richer

“The old agility was still present and the passion was undeniable, but it was the wobbling of the gut, the puffing of the cheeks…

— Jamie Holoran

Power and strength are most important for my skating.

— Nyjah Huston

“He had perhaps seen fifty springs and was therefore already very old, but his tireless body moved with an agility I myself often lacked.”

— Umberto Eco

“Skating is an amazing form of self-expression. It’s like my soul at play.”

— Josée Chouinard

“There’s always that first step in skating, from dry ground to slick ice, when it just seems impossible. Impossible that two thin blades of…

— Carol Goodman

“His stride was long, tall, and proud. He wore a mask of proprietary disinterest, as though everything before his eyes belonged to him and…

— S.G. Night

“He had the gaunt and haunted athletic look of those who stare daily down the bony gullet of the great god Aerobics.”

— Tom Wolfe

“He thoroughly intended to do some major grovelling. Olympic-style begging, if necessary.”

— Christy Reece

“Skating was a gift given to me, and it's a sport I love. I go out there every single day and there isn't a…

— Apolo Anton Ohno

“Except for a small strip of shin that poked out from between the top of his socks and the bottom of his pants, his…

— Tom Perrotta

“He was always running or bounding, never just walking. He seemed always at the point of defeating the law of gravity.”

— Tennessee Williams

“The determination that is his biggest strength . . . is also at times his fatal flaw. Like an unthinking machine, he'll just keep…

— Lin Pardey