Skating Quotes
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If at first you don't succeed, you get back up and you try ... and you try ... and you try it again ... except ice skating, I hate this crap, I quit!
Little Richard
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My dad worked several jobs to pay for my expense in skating.
Nancy Kerrigan
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All those years of skating and dancing have carried over. I can't design anything without thinking of how a woman's body will look and move when she's wearing it.
Vera Wang
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Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up.
D. B. Sweeney
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Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.
Scott Hamilton
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Injuries are a huge thing for skating. I think skating is a very unnatural sport for the body, very tough on the joints.
Patrick Chan
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Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.
Katarina Witt
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Even now I can't describe why I love skating so much.
Nancy Kerrigan
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The past couple years training with Kurt have really brought inspiration into my skating.
Kristi Yamaguchi
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I like to roller skate. I have been roller skating since I was eight.
Mackenzie Foy
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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.
Patrick Chan
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I grew up in Canada, man - we all had rinks in our backyards because we'd ice down the grass with a hose and build a skating rink.
Tatiana Maslany
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Skating has always been a major area of interest to me.
Sasha Cohen
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Acting is easier than skating in a 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
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I'm used to skating in all positions, first or last. You take it all in stride and do your job.
Sasha Cohen
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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.
Patrick Chan
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I wouldn't be face-washing anyone in real life. I'd be skating to the bench real fast to get away.
Patrick Kane
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In skating or any amateur sport, as athletes we share something in common: the cost of training is quite a burden on our parents or on the athletes themselves trying to find a way to pay for their costs.
Patrick Chan
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And I love what I do and I love skating.
Nancy Kerrigan
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I actually have an ice-skating background. I skated until I was 15, for about eight years. It was hardcore skating for about eight hours a day.
T. V. Carpio
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I started skating when I was six years old.
Nancy Kerrigan
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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!
Nancy Kerrigan
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Cardio is tough after a day of skating, but with my iPod I can get into the moment and complete the cardio training for the day.
Sasha Cohen
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It works well for my skating. I like the fact it gives weight to spins and jumps that were only checked off (under the 6.0 system). I'm really excited for the new system at Nationals.
Sasha Cohen