Scott Hamilton Skating Quotations

You know, it's funny ... skating has always given me life,

Figure skating is an industry now. What's in the best interest of the industry? That's a consideration.

Memories just get richer with time.

I didn't want to be the sissy figure skater, you know.

I was more interested in skating and the girls and traveling than I was in calculus.

Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges.

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

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

But I never really thought that I would be extraordinarily successful at skating, it's just something that happened, you know.

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

I don't care how many of these things I can inject into my body, am I going to be able to compete with Shaquille O'Neal on the basketball court? No. Or would he be able to compete with me on the skating surface? No. So there's a lot to just basic genetics, body style, physical stature, and then the mental capability, too. There's more to sports than just being big and strong and quick.