Skating Quotes - Page 2

• My life path has been a blessing and a great learning experience. Skateboarding is my passion and I don't see that changing. When I'm not skating, I love to surf. I'm open to the new experiences and opportunities.

  Ryan Sheckler

  Passion, Blessing, Opportunity

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• If skating got into the Olympics, I would be tempted to hold off on shredding for a year and just skate, to make that my new goal. In that sport, I'm still the underdog.

  Shaun White

  Sports, Years, Goal

  "Shaun White On His Skateboarding Future, Hanging With Guns N’ Roses & One ‘Painful’ Miley Cyrus Song". www.accessonline.com. March 3, 2010.

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• Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart.

  Scott Hamilton

  Sports, America, Males

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• When I was skating you had to participate in every thing.

  Eric Heiden

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

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• You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• And so figure skating was a great vehicle for me to kind of be competitive at something, without having to be big.

  Scott Hamilton

  Sports, Kind, Figures

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• Style is that which indicates how the writer takes himself and what he is saying. It is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward.

  Robert Frost

  Moving, Circles, Style

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• And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well.

  Scott Hamilton

  Attention, Facts, Figures

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• I started out Ice skating with Holiday On Ice and just got offered the part of R2 by chance.

  Kenny Baker

  Holiday, Ice, Chance

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I want kids to enjoy skating and I think it's a great workout.

  Oksana Baiul

  Sports, Workout, Kids

  Q&As, www.goldenskate.com. March 7, 2003.

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• Acting is easier than skating in ia way and harder in other aspects. In skating, you get one chance, and with acting you get to do it over and over.

  Tara Lipinski

  Motivational, Athlete, Acting

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• That's what really makes great skating competitions. When you have two top skaters in good form giving superb performances.

  Dick Button

  Two, Giving, Competition

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• What kind of respect do I get? ... Just because I'm a physical player, it's O.K. to come at me and do what you want? Hey, it's a hockey game. It's not figure skating. You know what? I can take a hit and I can give a hit. I don't care who it is. No one gets a free ride out there. I don't get a free ride, and no one gets a free ride from me.

  Scott Stevens

  Hockey, Player, Games

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• The most important thing in skating is finding your center. There is nothing better than Skate Spinner to do this - not even skates!

  Karen Magnussen

  Important, Spinner, Findings

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• Growing up, you always dream of winning a gold medal. But coming into these Games, it wasn't something I was focused on. I'm just enjoying skating. This is the best season ever. I think that this year, my 3,000 meters has been stronger than the 1,500. The 1,500 has been anybody's race this year. When I was first, I still didn't know if that was enough.

  Cindy Klassen

  Dream, Growing Up, Winning

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• 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.

  Julie Benz

  Hard Work, Life Is Hard, Hard Life

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• When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I really had to put my head down and stay positive. I had to fight.

  Peggy Fleming

  Fighting, Stay Positive, Down And

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• Ice skating is very difficult. It takes a lot of discipline and a lot of hard work. It's fun, but you are there on the ice every morning freezing and trying to do these moves and these tricks.

  Michelle Trachtenberg

  Morning, Fun, Moving

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• Skating was put on the map, supposedly from me Everybody made a life and a livelihood, um, except me.

  Tonya Harding

  Maps, Made, Livelihood

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• So the programs all start to all look the same. I watched one free skating competition, and I thought I was watching a short program. Everyone was doing exactly the same elements.

  Brian Boitano

  Sports, Competition, Looks

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Probably the '86 nationals. That was my first real national title and first real statement I ever made in figure skating, and my life changed after I returned.

  Debi Thomas

  Real, Life Changing, Titles

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• Vert skating was the kind of skating that was done in pools, where you could get airborne and be weightless. The other style, which is what I did, was called free style, which was tricks you could do on flat ground.

  Rodney Mullen

  Style, Done, Kind

  "Rodney Mullen Skates Central Park". Interview with Alec Wilkinson, www.newyorker.com. November 26, 2012.

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• Think about it - pro wrestling as an Olympic sport would be pretty cool. Look at figure skating or gymnastics - what is it? It's a choreographed performance that is judged.

  Chris Jericho

  Sports, Wrestling, Gymnastics

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• I burnt myself out of skating. I was ready to focus on being a mom.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Mom, Focus, Ready

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• What I love the most is getting on the ice and just popping in a fabulous CD and skating - all by myself, the rink completely empty, just me and the music.

  Michelle Kwan

  Ice, Cds, Fabulous

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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