Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Dick Button

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Dick Button.
Last updated on December 3, 2024.
Dick Button

Richard Totten "Dick" Button is an American former figure skater and skating analyst. He is a two-time Olympic champion and five-time consecutive World champion (1948โ€“1952). He is also the only non-European man to have become European champion. Button is credited as having been the first skater to successfully land the double Axel jump in competition in 1948, as well as the first triple jump of any kind โ€“ a triple loop โ€“ in 1952. He also invented the flying camel spin, which was originally known as the "Button camel".

They were two halves that together formed a magical whole. โ€” ยฉ Dick Button
They were two halves that together formed a magical whole.
That's what really makes great skating competitions. When you have two top skaters in good form giving superb performances.
Around the edge of the crowd was a little 13-year-old bouncing up and down with a grin that went from ear to ear. She was so happy for her sister. It was a charming moment, and I think thats the essence of what Emily Hughes is.
One of the reasons for putting yourself on the line, is that life is not simply treading water... I always felt that once you reach a certain point, you have to try and move ahead.
There is a popular fallacy that falling down is the mark of a poor skater. But the truth is that when one stops falling, he has probably stopped improving.
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