Skating Quotes - page 5

I was passionate. I found something that I loved. I could be all alone in a big old skating rink and nobody could get near me and I didn't have to talk to anybody because of my shyness. It was great. I was in my fantasy world. (Dorothy Hamill)
In my teen years leading up to the Olympics, I loved having the excuse to skip out on parties because of skating. Partying wasnt my thing anyway. Mostly I hung out with other skaters. We were all buddies, so its not like I missed out on socializing. I was really enjoying myself. View quote
Dorothy Hamill
My mother stopped working when she had my brother. She was a full time mom until I started getting heavily into ice skating lessons, and it got to the point where they really needed my mom to earn an income. View quote
Dorothy Hamill
Our family life, before figure skating turned it upside down, seemed normal. Our town of Riverside, Connecticut, was part of Greenwich, and we had the advantage of their wonderful community, with great beaches and beautiful parks. View quote
Dorothy Hamill
In group lesson number six I think we learned how to turn backwards and then just kind of wiggle. That wasn't really skating backward, but I guess I was going in the right direction. View quote
Dorothy Hamill
There were no competitions on television. The first skating competition I ever remember seeing on television was the 1968 Olympics when Peggy Fleming won. View quote
Dorothy Hamill
I was just ice skating. I had no concept of that. In those days you couldn't see the judges. I was this little person on the ice and they were just people that would stand around the boards. View quote
Dorothy Hamill
The mind is pretty powerful. In skating, you learn to click into that zone and focus not necessarily on what you're doing but if you're doing it well. View quote
Dorothy Hamill
Just a whole different style, just a whole different way of going about an audience and a way about skating. And they are so brilliant in their own way, which is great, and that's what Brian was saying; is the styles are different, and it's the whole mentality. View quote
Elvis Stojko
Always looked up to Brian and his skating, I loved his skating and what he had done for the sport. And the triple axel, that was the thing, and I wanted a triple axel. View quote
Elvis Stojko
While starving refugees in Homs were providing target practice for government snipers, Bashar al-Assad's strongest international backer was in Sochi, at the Iceberg Skating Palace, visibly moved, smiling with deep satisfaction, as the Russians beautifully glided and leaped their way to the gold medal in the team event. (George Packer)
Classic music will always come across better on the ice because skating has such a rich history, rooted in tradition. View quote
Gracie Gold
In skating there's always another jump or another spin variation or another thing to learn, and that's what I liked about it. View quote
Gracie Gold
I was just different. When the other kids gravitated to football or basketball I went fishing and skating. I was into trapping animals, pheasants and squirrels. Not only was I trapper. I was a taxidermist. View quote
Gene Pitney
Punk rock and skateboarding took the 'school' out of living your life, and I related to learning as I went, doing a lot of different things that I liked, when I liked. Consequently, I'm mediocre at all of the above, but still stoked on being a lifetime student of music, skating, painting, writing, etc. View quote
Jeff Ament
Skating is big in Chicago. There's a lot of hockey; a lot of the boys play hockey. And figure skating is big. View quote
Joan Cusack
You know what's good? Going on the ice and knowing that you don't have to skate when the whistle blows. All my life I've been the one skating. View quote
Joe Sakic
Yes, my parents are strict about me having a childhood. I go ice skating and sledding, and swimming in the summer. View quote
Jackie Evancho
Tony, Stacy and Jay really looked at life completely different and that played into everything that they did, whether it was skating or with their friendships. And for the three of us, we had such a close relationship off screen, that it was so easy to have that on screen. View quote
John Robinson
Stacy had this more fluid style. You meet him, he's just such a nice guy. Tony's an awesome guy too, but back then, he was a real aggressive kid and they were in such a different place. Stacy was so sensitive and at the same time so competitive when it came to his skating. View quote
John Robinson
I think you learn how to fall well when you're figure skating. Your reflexes are very acute. (Jud Tylor)
There were a couple of years where I was skating and acting at the same time. View quote
Julie Benz
That's a hard question, because I started skating when I was three, so I don't really remember life before it, and I don't know what it is like not to work hard at something. View quote
Julie Benz
I think for me it was a natural transition to move full time into acting rather than figure skating. View quote
Julie Benz
My coaches have told me my muscles and body structure are perfect for skating. View quote
Kim Yuna