Skater Quotes

• He was a skater boy. She said: 'see you later, boy'. He wasn't good enough for her. Now, he's a superstar. Slamming on his guitar, to show pretty face what he's worth.

  

  Avril Lavigne
  • Guitar
  • Superstar
  • Skater

• Gwen Stefani has amazing style. I used to really love Courtney Love, and anything she wore I loved. Or Chloe Sevigny, because I really love that sort of classic look, and I like being girly and flowery, and wearing little D&G dresses. I wear hats a lot, too. I think it goes back to when I was a bit grungy and was a skater girl for a bit.

  

  Ellie Goulding
  • Thinking
  • She
  • Girl

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

  

  Mike Vallely Black Flag
  • Skater
  • Smack

• I think what every skater dreams of is not only skating the best program they can possibly skate, but, y'know, having the crowd roar at the end, and it was just so loud I couldn't even hear my music.

  

  Sarah Hughes
  • Music
  • Dreams
  • Crowd

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

  

  Apolo Ohno
  • Run
  • Speed
  • Skater

• 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 NSYNC
  • Thinking
  • Kind
  • Style

• 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 Black Flag
  • Thinking
  • Internet
  • Manners

• 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 Black Flag
  • Guy
  • Care
  • Rich

• I would dream of being a pro skater, but I never dreamt I'd be discovered by Lance Mountain and Stacey Peralta, who were two major heroes of mine, and be asked to skate for that team and be a part of their company.

  

  Mike Vallely Black Flag
  • Dream
  • Team
  • Hero

• We didn't call it a sport necessarily, and skaters definitely weren't thought of as athletes, we were thought of as misfits.

  

  Mike Vallely Black Flag
  • Sports
  • Athlete
  • Misfits

• I think I'm better all around as a skater. Physically, I think I'm definitely stronger. I'm lighter, I'm leaner, I know a lot more about my body.

  

  Apolo Ohno
  • Body
  • Stronger
  • Skater

• When a skater gets older, they become more mature, and they can assume more responsibility for their skating, ... That's how I've evolved. I know what works and what doesn't, and Mr. Nicks is a great coach for me.

  

  Sasha Cohen
  • Responsibility
  • Mature
  • Skating

• I feel I've matured as a skater and a person in the past four years.

  

  Sasha Cohen
  • Person
  • Skater
  • Matured

• It was really, really heartbreaking to not be named to the team in Sochi, but some things are just not meant to be. That experience changed me as a skater. I took a step back and decided that some things are not worth accepting. I wanted to be on another Olympic team. I took time to evolve myself as a person and as a skater.

  

  Mirai Nagasu
  • Changed
  • Heartbreaking
  • Olympic Team

• When I came back to Mr. Nicks, he said a skater who is older and more mature should have more input and responsibility for her skating. I feel I set my game plan and goals. He is always the one who is telling me to slow down a little bit.

  

  Sasha Cohen
  • Mature
  • Skater
  • Mr. Nicks

• I think I was born to be a figure skater, I think it was fate, and I thank God for letting it happen.

  

  Evgeni Plushenko
  • Happens
  • Skater

• I was a natural skater, but I also took private lessons to enhance my skills.

  

  Paul Coffey
  • Skills
  • Lesson
  • Skater

• I have always believed that I've been an amazing skater regardless of what the results say.

  

  Mirai Nagasu
  • Believed
  • Regardless
  • Skater

• I'm a solo skater; the sport can be lonely.

  

  Mirai Nagasu
  • Sport
  • Solo
  • Skater