Top 1200 Figure Skating Quotes & Sayings

And so figure skating was a great vehicle for me to kind of be competitive at something, without having to be big.

When I was younger, I always dreamed of being a legend, to be remembered in figure skating.

Skating is big in Chicago. There's a lot of hockey; a lot of the boys play hockey. And figure skating is big.

Figure skating, especially the longer performances, are such a feat. It requires so much stamina and is so beautiful.

It's everything for me. Without figure skating, I am nothing.

I am an American man, and in America, we still think of figure skaters as little girls in pretty, sparkly dresses - I worked very hard to change the perception and image of figure skating, and I think I've done a great job on my end, but in figure skating, taste needs to evolve.

Figure skating is theatrical. It's artistic. It's elegant. It's extremely athletic. And there's a very specific audience for that.

I attended public school in Houston. I took piano lessons for several years, and in high school, I played trombone in the marching band. I remember especially enjoying two seasonal activities: ice skating with the Houston Figure Skating Club in the winter and visiting an aunt and uncle's farm in West Texas in the summer.

Yes, I am the Olympic champion, but this is not the end of it. I want all the gold that there is out there, everything that exists in figure skating. In all events, in all competitions.

Ice dance should not be seen as a rigid conformist form of figure skating. There is a great deal of freedom and originality to be had.

The main thing for me now is figure skating, which I intend to devote more than one year.

The popularity of figure skating has increased tremendously, and Koreans have a huge interest in figure skaters - not only me, other international skaters as well.

A lot of the figure skating costumes are kind of revealing, so I think it's nice to have glowing, soft, smooth skin.

The skill set for hockey is so specific to skating and if you haven't been skating as a kid it's impossible to play - and I wasn't a skater.

At school I fought sometimes. Kids were saying that figure skating is sport for the girls. Then I had to prove them wrong.

Figure skating is not a hobby. It's my work, which I want to do, and do well.

It was always so nice to step away from figure skating and school with hockey. To this day I'm still a huge fan.

We're very passionate about figure skating but it's a huge world out there and there's a lot of opportunity, and it'll be so much fun to see where we go.

I love figure skating, so I do that as often as I can. Other than that I just go to the gym or swim. I love swimming.

I really like figure skating.

I love figure skating and what I am able to express creatively. I want to leave a legacy in the sport.

My parents always tell me that they never would have let me start if they had known how expensive and difficult figure skating is.

One thing about skating that I don't think people focus on enough is the music factor. The music is a huge component of figure skating. It can dictate not only the choreography but the emotion. If it's not the right music it can ruin a performance.

Figure skating is theatrical, and a part of it is wearing costumes. My costumes were very over-the-top and outrageous for figure skating. But for me, it's all beautiful. Even when nobody else believed they were beautiful, I felt beautiful in them.

There're two different kinds of skating. There's the style skating, and there's the trick skating. He (Tony Hawk) does the trick skating so heavy duty, that he can overcome the style skating. There's always the chance that the style skater can come back, but the whole deal really is learning tricks.

Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart.

I think you learn how to fall well when you're figure skating. Your reflexes are very acute.

Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges.

Kids don't know the language of figure skating. If you ask them to do a compulsory figure, they don't know how to, and that's so important for the edge quality. I think that's why the older skaters are still as popular as they are - because they have that quality that people are missing in this generation.

In Japan, skating is like NHL hockey in Canada or baseball in the U.S., so pushing the limit is very enticing. Skating is their lives.

Figure skating is such an individual sport, but to have a teammate on the podium with you is unbelievable.

I would just love to be able to give back to figure skating.

If you don't know a lot about figure skating, it's easy to fall in love with ice dancing because it's so romantic and so theatrical.

When I was a kid, I loved figure skating. But in Mexico, they kind of push you toward hockey.

I want all the gold that there is out there — everything that exists in figure skating. In all events, in all competitions.

High sticking, tripping, slashing, spearing, charging, hooking, fighting, unsportsmanlike conduct, interference, roughing......everything else is just figure skating.

To me, figure skating is an art form, and that's what I always try to bring in, even to my competitive programs.

What our generation hopefully is doing is not believing in that so-called bad luck that Canada has with figure skating at the Olympics.

Think about it - pro wrestling as an Olympic sport would be pretty cool. Look at figure skating or gymnastics - what is it? It's a choreographed performance that is judged.

I think for me it was a natural transition to move full time into acting rather than figure skating.

Roller-skating and ice-skating are two different things - I found that out the hard way.

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.

The skill set for hockey is so specific to skating and if you haven’t been skating as a kid it’s impossible to play - and I wasn’t a skater.

I'm excited to watch slope style and halfpipe. And then, of course, when my events are done, I get to go to hockey, which is always entertaining. I also like figure skating. I think every girl grew up watching figure skating.

Largely, I began skating because I wanted stuff to do outside of school. My mom decided to put me into figure skating.

Figure skating has been a great influence for me. I took dance at the School of American Ballet, which helped my own skating. And whether you are a skater or a dancer, without sounding narcissistic, it is all about looking in the mirror.

I am proud to be a first-generation Chinese-American in the sport of figure skating.

And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well.

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.

Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.

Skating is really hard, especially women's skating where we're judged in little tiny dresses.

I'm six-foot-five. I'm not going to win the gold medal in figure skating. But I can try, and that's what matters. Trying.

The bus ride to the arena... I slipped on my Discman and listened to some of my favourite music, all the while imagining myself on the ice. Visualization and imagery are very important in figure skating, or any sport for that matter. This is where you see yourself in your mind performing in front of an audience and judges. I also imagine how I am going to feel during the performance. During the bus ride, I pictured myself skating a perfect program.

Every four years, I'll watch figure skating, but I'm no closer to buying tights.

For me, I'm a skateboarder.If I'm not skating then I'm going crazy. The big deals, if I'm not skating, it's not worth it.

I grew up figure skating, and in figure skating there is only a handful of black people at the time figure skating with me.

I love figure skating. It's what I'm good at.

Education is more important than skating. I want to keep up with my schoolwork and my skating.

Figure skating is not a hobby. Its my work, which I want to do, and do well.

My mother introduced me to many different things, and figure skating was one of them. I just thought that it was magical having to glide across the ice.