Skater Quotes - Page 3

• When I was young I was soft spoken and a little bit timid and passive. My dream then was to be a ballerina or a figure skater - something very delicate.

  Evangeline Lilly

  Dream, Littles, Ballerina

  Source: www.justjared.com

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• The skill set for hockey is so specific to skating and if you haven’t been skating as a kid it’s impossible to play - and I wasn’t a skater.

  Liev Schreiber

  Kids, Hockey, Play

  "Liev Schreiber On ‘Goon,’ Ice Hockey And Naomi Watts". Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 30, 2012.

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• All I care about is that people remember me as a good skater, as someone who was innovative.

  Tony Hawk

  People, Care, Remember

  Source: www.andalucia.com

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• Generally, speed skaters don't run that much. I'm a little bit of an exception in that I run a lot.

  Apolo Ohno

  Running, Littles, Speed

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• I wasn't a great skater and I needed my skates to be perfect - really tight around the ankles. But I couldn't break in new ones because my feet would hurt so much. I wore a size 9 shoe and a 6.5 skate - my foot was really crunched.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Hurt, Shoes, Feet

  "Wayne Gretzky on the love of his life". Interview with Jonathon Gatehouse, www.macleans.ca. October 6, 2016.

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• You can’t have a normal practice with nine skaters, Until we have more than nine guys, it’s not going to be a regular practice.

  Craig Adams

  Practice, Guy, Nine

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• I have a very close friendship with the skaters.

  Eric Heiden

  Friendship, Close Friends, Close Friendship

  "Eric Heiden 25: An exclusive interview". Interview with Charlie Snyder, snyderemarks.com. February 17, 2005.

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• ...Competitive Skaters must be prepared for a lot of work, challenges, self-discipline, and motivation. The desire must be there, but more importantly, your love for the sport.

  Oksana Baiul

  Sports, Motivation, Self

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• We had a party with the rest of the skaters in our trailer and then the next day we were off to see Jimmy Carter. And then we had the World Championships the next weekend, so not a lot of chance to catch up.

  Eric Heiden

  Party, Weekend, Next Day

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• A figure skater is not just a figure skater who does great jumps. He is an artist on ice.

  Alexei Yagudin

  Artist, Ice, Doe

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• A skater goes through a lot of different feelings during a competition. Staying calm is the key point. You feel a little anxious, a little nervous, a little unsettled. That's when you've got to trust your feelings, trust your abilities. Believe in what you have worked for so long to achieve. Have faith in yourself.

  Elvis Stojko

  Believe, Keys, Long

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• Career-wise, I was not the most naturally talented ice skater. Of course I had a knack for it , but practice was always the answer for me. I needed to put in the time to get back the confidence that led me to Olympic gold.

  Tara Lipinski

  Wise, Practice, Careers

  "Tara Lipinski​: On Dealing with Stress, Using Failure to Fuel Success​​, and How she Keeps her Head Clear". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Most of my friends are skaters or were skaters at one time, so they obviously relate.

  Tony Hawk

  Relate, One Time, My Friends

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• I don't want to be an object of consumption. I like to get out there and participate because I care about it. It's not because I've gotten filthy rich off the hides of young skaters that I feel some sickening obligation to act on, and make myself look like I'm not that bad of a guy. It's because I actually care.

  Mike Vallely

  Guy, Looks, Care

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• I'm not going to beat somebody up for talking smack to me, especially another skater.

  Mike Vallely

  Talking, Beats, Smack Talk

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• There's something artistic about skating. A psychologist could tell you exactly why that is, but I think there's something much more expressive that gives you a lot of room for unique and individual expression. Whatever you're interested in can become something you kind of own in your group of skater friends.

  James Mercer

  Unique, Thinking, Expression

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• There's a lot of time when skaters think they know everything because they've seen videos of you, and seen you on TV or the internet, and there's ways of throwing jabs and being inconsiderate and not having your manners.

  Mike Vallely

  Thinking, Video, Way

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• Olympic Gold changed me and my life dramatically. I became a celebrity overnight and people see me as a famous skater, not a real person.

  Oksana Baiul

  Sports, Real, People

  "Oksana Baiul: Online Interview". Interview, www.goldenskate.com. March 7, 2003.

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• I could never focus on my upper body as a skater, so I'm enjoying having symmetrical upper and lower body muscle.

  Apolo Ohno

  Focus, Body, Symmetrical

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• I know that I am the kind of person that gets a little bit more nervous than other skaters, but that's because I care for my skating very much. I take all my emotions with me. I can't go out and say 'Now, this is just my job.' I really care.

  Carolina Kostner

  Jobs, Skating, Care

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• As Bartok put it so succinctly: "Competitions are for horses." Nothing could be more barbaric that the practice or ranking artists as though they were divers or figure skaters....What one suspects is that the appetite for dividing the world into winners and losers, anointed and anonymous, is so compulsive that it feeds with special, vindictive hunger on the most elusive and ephemeral of subjects. For if music can be reduced to games of power and success, then innocence-love without profit-can be dealt a crushing blow.

  Russell Sherman

  Crush, Horse, Artist

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• I have great artistry, I can spin well, I have good footwork, and I can jump. I can do the quad jump, and I've done it multiple times in competition. It's definitely a jump that I have in my arsenal. I like to think of myself as the complete skater.

  Jeremy Abbott

  Thinking, Competition, Done

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• 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.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Sports, Athlete, Tennis

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• I think my style is kind of a cross between a skater hippie and an R&B star. If there were something I was going to endorse, it would probably be something like sneakers. Something that would be me.

  Justin Timberlake

  Stars, Hippie, Thinking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I continued a legacy of great skating from this country and I was able to capitalize on the reputation of the Canadian skaters that came before me. I especially mean Brian Orser.

  Kurt Browning

  Country, Mean, Skating

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