“I don't mind the sparkle - I think it's kind of a tradition in skating. I don't think the men really need sparkles, but for the women it's part of the glamour of our sport.” ThinkingMenNeedsMindKindSportsHe ManTraditionGlamourSkatingSparkle Author:Kristi Yamaguchi
“I love figure skating and what I am able to express creatively. I want to leave a legacy in the sport.” WantAbleSportsFiguresLegacySkatingFigure Skating Author:Patrick Chan
“Kat and I were in our 20s when we won in '88. Our personalities were already established. We were ready to move on to a life of professional skating.” MovingSportsReadyPersonalitySkatingReady To Move On Author:Brian Boitano
“Kids don't know the language of figure skating. If you ask them to do a compulsory figure, they don't know how to, and that's so important for the edge quality. I think that's why the older skaters are still as popular as they are - because they have that quality that people are missing in this generation.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsStillsImportantKidsAsksLanguageSportsQualityKnow HowGenerationsMissingFiguresEdgesSkatingThis GenerationFigure SkatingCompulsorySkater Author:Brian Boitano
“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.” WayDifferentWholeSportsAudienceStyleBrilliantDifferent WaysMentalitySkatingBrianDifferent StylesDifferent Mentality Author:Elvis Stojko
“But after a few minutes of convincing myself that I really wanted to go - telling myself that I love skating and that my coach is there waiting for me - I would get up and go. And my mother would always get up and eat breakfast with me!” WantedMotherSportsWaitingMinutesCoachesGet UpBreakfastConvincingSkating Author:Nancy Kerrigan
“I was a tomboy who liked to play rough just like my two older brothers. That's probably why I liked the athletic part of skating - especially the jumping!” TwoPlaySportsBrotherRoughJumpingAthleticSkatingOlder Brother Author:Nancy Kerrigan
“I love how my sport reaches out to people with the music and story lines, the glory of standing up for three or four minutes of tough, arduous, gravity-defying skating and all the stuff that goes with it.” PeopleStoriesThreeStuffSportsLinesFourMinutesGloryToughStandingReach OutGravitySkatingDefying Author:Kurt Browning
“Figure skating was a pretty individual sport. I've grown up a lot since those days and enjoy being part of a team now. Being a doctor is about working with nurses, therapists, anesthesiologists, and I've learned more about team play being a doctor than when I was in sports.” PlayIndividualSportsEnjoyTeamFiguresDoctorsI've LearnedNurseTherapistsSkatingFigure Skating Author:Debi Thomas
“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.” PeopleLittlesPersonsSportsJudgingConceptsIceBoardsSkatingIce Skating Author:Dorothy Hamill
“I tried all kinds of sports when I was a kid, like soccer and tennis and golf, and, in fact, started skating to be able to play hockey.” KindPlayFactsKidsAbleSportsGolfAll KindsSoccerTennisHockeySkating Author:Patrick Chan
“I just try to touch people's hearts in a way through skating, so they're not just witnessing a performance, they're feeling a performance and they're a part of it.” PeopleWayTryingHeartFeelingsSportsPerformancesSkating Author:Scott Hamilton
“What was really funny is that as I got older all those guys who called me a sissy in junior high school wanted me to be their best friend because they wanted to meet all the girls that I knew in figure skating.” WantedSchoolGuyGirlSportsFriendshipFiguresHigh SchoolJuniorsSkatingFigure SkatingJunior HighSissyHigh School Junior Author:Scott Hamilton
“Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart.” DifferentAmericaSportsFiguresFemaleMalesSkatingFigure SkatingSweetheart Author:Scott Hamilton
“And so figure skating was a great vehicle for me to kind of be competitive at something, without having to be big.” KindBigsSportsFiguresVehicleSkatingFigure Skating Author:Scott Hamilton
“I started skating and I kind of liked it because I could run circles around the guys that wouldn't pick me to play baseball.” KindPlayRunningGuySportsPicksBaseballCirclesSkatingPick Me Author:Scott Hamilton
“I was more interested in skating and the girls and traveling than I was in calculus.” GirlSportsSkatingCalculus Author:Scott Hamilton
“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 you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself.” TwoHardNightSportsLevelsMinutesFiguresProveHighestSevenInternationalIceSkatingFigure SkatingProving Yourself Author:Scott Hamilton
“To me, figure skating is a diving sport. It's a sport made by the gods. It inspires people to cry, it inspires people to cheer, it pulls the emotions out of people.” PeopleMadeSportsEmotionCryFiguresInspireCheerSkatingFigure SkatingDiving Author:Frank Carroll
“I've been an athlete all my life. I was a competitive figure skater, and then when I realized skating was not an adult sport I took up tennis and played that quite seriously from the time I was about 18.” SportsFiguresAdultsAthleteI RealizedTennisSkatingSkater Author:Condoleezza Rice