Figure Skating Quotes
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Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.
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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.
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Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart.
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Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges.
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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.
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What was really funny is that as I got older all those guys who called me a sissy in junior high school wanted me to be their best friend because they wanted to meet all the girls that I knew in figure skating.
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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.
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One of the unique aspects of rowing is that novices strive to perfect the same motions as Olympic contenders. Few other sports can make this claim. In figure skating, for instance, the novice practices only simple moves. After years of training, the skater then proceeds to the jumps and spins that make up an elite skater's program. But the novice rower, from day one, strives to duplicate a motion that he'll still be doing on the day of the Olympic finals.
