Skating Quotes - Page 5

• Skating was the vessel into which I could pour my heart and soul

  Peggy Fleming

  Sports, Heart, Soul

  Peggy Fleming, Peter Kaminsky (2000). “The Long Program: Skating Toward Life's Victories”, p.10, Simon and Schuster

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• Giving life to music through skating was something I wanted to be known for

  Peggy Fleming

  Sports, Giving, Wanted

  Peggy Fleming, Peter Kaminsky (2000). “The Long Program: Skating Toward Life's Victories”, p.58, Simon and Schuster

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• I took some time off to enjoy my life, but figure skating is something I love and something I will continue doing for the rest of my life.

  Oksana Baiul

  Figures, Enjoy, Time Off

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

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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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• He knows all the golf lingo. You know? You hit your ball, he's like "there's a golf shot. That's a golf shot." Well of course it's a golf shot; I just hit a golf ball. You don't see Gretzky skating around going "there's a hockey shot, that's a hockey shot."

  Bill Engvall

  Funny, Humor, Golf

  "Here's Your Sign". Comedy, 1996.

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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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• There were no competitions on television. The first skating competition I ever remember seeing on television was the 1968 Olympics when Peggy Fleming won.

  Dorothy Hamill

  Sports, Competition, Television

  "Gold Medal Figure Skater". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 17, 2000.

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• 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.

  Oksana Baiul

  Sports, Two, Transition

  Golden Skate Online Interview, goldenskate.com. March 7, 2003.

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• I would recommend anybody who gets a chance to see short track skating, make it a point to go out there when Apolo is skating because you won't see anybody better.

  Eric Heiden

  Track, Chance

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

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• Snowboarding is a spawn of skating, and skating is my passion.

  Tony Hawk

  Passion, Snowboarding, Spawn

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I love figure skating and what I am able to express creatively. I want to leave a legacy in the sport.

  Patrick Chan

  Sports, Legacy, Want

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• My skating is a very emotional thing that comes from the heart, never doing it for the medal.

  Debi Thomas

  Heart, Emotional, Medal

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• It is great to be a part of the whole skating family, and it makes me feel ecstatic that my name will be among the greats of the sport.

  Debi Thomas

  Sports, Names, Feels

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