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Skating Quotes

I started skating because I loved it. I started when I was three and I didn’t know all the sacrifices and all the hardships and how difficult day-in and day-out it would be Picture Quote #1

Pairs skating and singles are two different things. Although some skaters have achieved this successfully, it is a very difficult transition. You’re looking at double work Picture Quote #1

Charlie and I discovered at a really young at that we had a passion for figure skating, and I think that passion drives us to work every day to improve and grow. We have really learned to love our sport more and more, year to year. And the hard work really pays off Picture Quote #1

My own mother, my sister and nearly all the women in my family had full-time jobs as mothers. They were wonderful at it. They drove their children back and forth to soccer, skating lessons, piano lessons, private schools, but I sensed, even in my own mother, a kind of distant dissatisfaction Picture Quote #1

If you don’t know a lot about figure skating, it’s easy to fall in love with ice dancing because it’s so romantic and so theatrical Picture Quote #1

Passover and Easter are the only Jewish and Christian holidays that move in sync, like the ice skating pairs we saw during the winter Olympics Picture Quote #1

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After I won the Olympics, like any gold medalist, I did feel some emptiness in my heart. I did think about coming back to the ice for a long time. What motivated me is skating is something I am best at and I love the most. So I want to give it one more try Picture Quote #1

My parents are very good parents and have already said that they will look after me until the end of my skating career Picture Quote #1

Skating was something I really wanted to do; my parents knew nothing about it. They said they’d support me as long as I was trying my hardest and enjoying it Picture Quote #1

Part of the strength that Charlie and I have as a team is we’ve been able to keep our priorities straight through our entire partnership. We’ve been able to maintain a life outside of skating, and though we’ve given up a lot of things and we’ve been training really hard our entire lives, we’ve been able to maintain great social lives Picture Quote #1

Skating is an amazing form of self expression. It’s like my soul at play Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Figure skating is theatrical. It’s artistic. It’s elegant. It’s extremely athletic. And there’s a very specific audience for that Picture Quote #1

Figure skating is an unlikely Olympic event but its good television. It’s sort of a combination of gymnastics and ballet. A little sexy too which doesn’t hurt Picture Quote #1

Figure skating is not a hobby. It’s my work, which I want to do, and do well Picture Quote #1

I love figure skating, so I do that as often as I can. Other than that I just go to the gym or swim. I love swimming Picture Quote #1

Yes, I am the Olympic champion, but this is not the end of it. I want all the gold that there is out there, everything that exists in figure skating. In all events, in all competitions Picture Quote #1

I’ve never been invited to do ‘Stars on Ice’ before, which is the only figure skating tour in the U.S., and it’s disappointing that I can’t perform for my American fans... all because I’m not ‘family friendly’ enough Picture Quote #1

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I know that, in hockey, the object of the game is simple in that you have to get the puck into the net. With figure skating, it’s not as simple, and there is a ton of work that goes into it Picture Quote #1

Years ago, I picked up figure skating. How hard could spins and jumps be, I thought? It’s just applied Newtonian physics. After repeatedly falling on my rear end, I realized it was harder than I thought. But it had an upside. That is how I met my wife, who was ice dancing at the Rockefeller Center ice rink Picture Quote #1

If we have a situation where a man is particularly graceful in a sport that rewards grace - say, for example, figure skating - why is it that we don’t say to the man, ‘Well, you’re too feminine to compete?’... I don’t understand why we don’t find it offensive also to say to a women who’s very strong, ‘You’re too masculine to compete.’ Picture Quote #1

I think you learn how to fall well when you’re figure skating. Your reflexes are very acute Picture Quote #1

I’m six-foot-five. I’m not going to win the gold medal in figure skating. But I can try, and that’s what matters. Trying Picture Quote #1

It was always so nice to step away from figure skating and school with hockey. To this day I’m still a huge fan Picture Quote #1

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She’s a fighter, and she does the long program well, so we’ll see how it turns out. And in figure skating, it’s never over until the fat lady sings Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I’ve always enjoyed performing. I was in figure skating before, and then I joined my first school play. Ever since that, you have not been able to get me out of the theater Picture Quote #1

When I was a kid, we lived in Italy, which isn’t really known for figure skating. I think that’s why I excelled so well. I spent a lot of my high school years training Picture Quote #1

I’ve never really had a first date! Well, I had kind of a first date. I went out with this kid. We went ice skating, but it was not fun. It was so terrible that I told him my curfew was a lot earlier than it really was Picture Quote #1

I had a portable 8-track player under all my ramps, cranking one of my four 8-tracks - Cars/’Candy-O,’ Ramones/’Road To Ruin,’ Cheap Trick/’Heaven Tonight’ and the first Devo record. I don’t remember skating without music Picture Quote #1

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I started skating because I loved it. I started when I was three and I didn’t know all the sacrifices and all the hardships and how difficult day-in and day-out it would be. (Skating Quotes) Pairs skating and singles are two different things. Although some skaters have achieved this successfully, it is a very difficult transition. You’re looking at double work. (Skating Quotes) Charlie and I discovered at a really young at that we had a passion for figure skating, and I think that passion drives us to work every day to improve and grow. We have really learned to love our sport more and more, year to year. And the hard work really pays off. (Skating Quotes) My own mother, my sister and nearly all the women in my family had full-time jobs as mothers. They were wonderful at it. They drove their children back and forth to soccer, skating lessons, piano lessons, private schools, but I sensed, even in my own mother, a kind of distant dissatisfaction. (Skating Quotes) If you don’t know a lot about figure skating, it’s easy to fall in love with ice dancing because it’s so romantic and so theatrical. (Skating Quotes) Passover and Easter are the only Jewish and Christian holidays that move in sync, like the ice skating pairs we saw during the winter Olympics. (Skating Quotes) After I won the Olympics, like any gold medalist, I did feel some emptiness in my heart. I did think about coming back to the ice for a long time. What motivated me is skating is something I am best at and I love the most. So I want to give it one more try. (Skating Quotes) My parents are very good parents and have already said that they will look after me until the end of my skating career. (Skating Quotes) Skating was something I really wanted to do; my parents knew nothing about it. They said they’d support me as long as I was trying my hardest and enjoying it. (Skating Quotes) Part of the strength that Charlie and I have as a team is we’ve been able to keep our priorities straight through our entire partnership. We’ve been able to maintain a life outside of skating, and though we’ve given up a lot of things and we’ve been training really hard our entire lives, we’ve been able to maintain great social lives. (Skating Quotes) Skating is an amazing form of self expression. It’s like my soul at play. (Skating Quotes) 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. (Skating Quotes) Figure skating is theatrical. It’s artistic. It’s elegant. It’s extremely athletic. And there’s a very specific audience for that. (Skating Quotes) Figure skating is an unlikely Olympic event but its good television. It’s sort of a combination of gymnastics and ballet. A little sexy too which doesn’t hurt. (Skating Quotes) Figure skating is not a hobby. It’s my work, which I want to do, and do well. (Skating Quotes) I love figure skating, so I do that as often as I can. Other than that I just go to the gym or swim. I love swimming. (Skating Quotes) Yes, I am the Olympic champion, but this is not the end of it. I want all the gold that there is out there, everything that exists in figure skating. In all events, in all competitions. (Skating Quotes) I’ve never been invited to do ‘Stars on Ice’ before, which is the only figure skating tour in the U.S., and it’s disappointing that I can’t perform for my American fans... all because I’m not ‘family friendly’ enough. (Skating Quotes) I know that, in hockey, the object of the game is simple in that you have to get the puck into the net. With figure skating, it’s not as simple, and there is a ton of work that goes into it. (Skating Quotes) Years ago, I picked up figure skating. How hard could spins and jumps be, I thought? It’s just applied Newtonian physics. After repeatedly falling on my rear end, I realized it was harder than I thought. But it had an upside. That is how I met my wife, who was ice dancing at the Rockefeller Center ice rink. (Skating Quotes) If we have a situation where a man is particularly graceful in a sport that rewards grace - say, for example, figure skating - why is it that we don’t say to the man, ‘Well, you’re too feminine to compete?’... I don’t understand why we don’t find it offensive also to say to a women who’s very strong, ‘You’re too masculine to compete.’ (Skating Quotes) I think you learn how to fall well when you’re figure skating. Your reflexes are very acute. (Skating Quotes) I’m six-foot-five. I’m not going to win the gold medal in figure skating. But I can try, and that’s what matters. Trying. (Skating Quotes) It was always so nice to step away from figure skating and school with hockey. To this day I’m still a huge fan. (Skating Quotes) She’s a fighter, and she does the long program well, so we’ll see how it turns out. And in figure skating, it’s never over until the fat lady sings. (Skating Quotes) 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. (Skating Quotes) I’ve always enjoyed performing. I was in figure skating before, and then I joined my first school play. Ever since that, you have not been able to get me out of the theater. (Skating Quotes) When I was a kid, we lived in Italy, which isn’t really known for figure skating. I think that’s why I excelled so well. I spent a lot of my high school years training. (Skating Quotes) I’ve never really had a first date! Well, I had kind of a first date. I went out with this kid. We went ice skating, but it was not fun. It was so terrible that I told him my curfew was a lot earlier than it really was. (Skating Quotes) I had a portable 8-track player under all my ramps, cranking one of my four 8-tracks - Cars/’Candy-O,’ Ramones/’Road To Ruin,’ Cheap Trick/’Heaven Tonight’ and the first Devo record. I don’t remember skating without music. (Skating Quotes)

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