Top 15 Quotes & Sayings by Sarah Hughes

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Sarah Hughes.

Last updated on November 19, 2024.

Sarah Elizabeth Hughes is a former American competitive figure skater. She is the 2002 Olympic Champion and the 2001 World bronze medalist in ladies' singles.

American - Athlete | Born: May 2, 1985

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I started skating because I loved it. I started when I was three and I didn't know all the sacrifices and all the hardships and how difficult day-in and day-out it would be.

Sarah Hughes

I could have been known for something terrible.

Sarah Hughes

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

Katarina Witt. She was the ultimate competitor. She would just stare down people before competition. She was relentless on the ice.

Sarah Hughes

It's really ironic that I won, because that's not the goal that I had in mind when I went out to skate.

Sarah Hughes

I just skated for the fun of it.

Sarah Hughes

When I was skating I felt I represented not just my family and the people who helped me make it to that point, but also New York and the country.

Sarah Hughes

I showed everyone the medal and they said, 'Ooh, I can't believe how heavy it is,' Sometimes they were more interested in the medal than in me. I was like, 'Hey, what about me?'

Sarah Hughes

I didn't hold back.

Sarah Hughes

It was a dream of mine to be an Olympic champion but not a lifelong goal.

Sarah Hughes

I want to do some skating and then go to law school in three years. I'm enjoying it and I'm going to see where it takes me.

Sarah Hughes

I wear my Peggy Fleming T-shirt when I go to sleep every night before I compete, and for the past four years, it's brought me incredible good luck.

Sarah Hughes

When I started my program... there was a big clock in the corner and I looked and it said nine o'clock exactly. And it was funny, because when I was standing on the podium, it said exactly 10 p.m., and this whole hour had changed my life.

Sarah Hughes

I liked being active. I liked being creative.

Sarah Hughes

I think it was a great moment for America to have two ladies on the podium.

Sarah Hughes