Skaters Quotations

The pro skaters I know are responsible members of society. Many of them are fathers, homeowners, world travelers and successful entrepreneurs. Their hairdos and tattoos are simply part of our culture, even when they raise eyebrows during PTA meetings.

I live with fellow speed skaters and National Team members Heather Richardson, Sugar Todd and Mitch Whitmore, and Sugar lives up to her name. She spoils our household with baked goods, and not just at Christmastime.

I changed high schools three times because my parents moved. I had one friend my freshman year named Miki Vukovich. Miki and I were the only skaters in our high school. He runs my foundation now.

Although it's hard some days to wake up an hour earlier to do the gym workout as opposed to other skaters who just show up to the rink, I know that if I don't do it, my day will be much worse. I might as well not even skate, actually.

Korean audiences are amazing. The fans scream so loud, and that really surprises skaters when they first perform in my shows.

While I circled around and around in my brown rental skates, I studied a group of skaters spinning in the center. I was fascinated! When my mom picked me up, I began a campaign for skating lessons.

A lot of people who watch figure skaters want us to look like pretty princesses. I want people to see the athlete, and I want to look like a woman among girls.

Statistically, I'd say there are about as many gay figure skaters as there are gay football players. The majority are straight. There are just those few exceptions, and those are the ones who have gotten picked on and followed over the years.

We're not going to see this much energy in a building probably until 2010. We really learned a lot this time, and I think we're going to be much better skaters because of that.

We had a few breakdowns and they hurt us. But make no mistake; Marblehead is a quality team. Their goalie played very well, and Tommy (Colby) has his skaters flying up and down the ice.

We have skaters from Altoona, and Wheeling, and so many other places.

When I was 13, 14 and 15, she was a role model. She was one of the few skaters that didn't lose her temper, that would have a bad day and have a great attitude.

We used to take six skaters and that was it. We didn't run the two- and three-line deal.

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.

She's one of the few skaters with all the qualities. She is very capable of winning gold.

She got to see some of the Japanese skaters doing quad jumps and triple Axels, and it got her motivated.

She fought back and didn't give up. A lot of other skaters would have packed it up in the same situation.

Since we've gotten back, a lot of kids have come to the rink. It's really special to feel that we may be helping to inspire future skaters and future champions.

Since it is hard to wholly change the skills of adult skaters, we should train the youth from the very beginning to learn the techniques from the South Koreans. If everything goes well, the next generation of skaters may have more chance to catch up with the world.

Only 50 of the 220 possible panels would have resulted in the same ranking of the skaters following the short program.

I look forward to matching up with him, ... He brings a lot of skill to the game and he's one of the best skaters in the league.

For whatever reason, the pro world has kind of died out, and the skaters are staying in, staying competitive, putting in the effort, the training to stay at the top of their game. It's difficult.

What I like is that she has been always a fighter. There have been so many young skaters coming and going, winning the Olympics and leaving. She kept defending her titles and still setting goals for herself, which I think is great. She always could have taken the easy way, and she never did.

We have to admit that besides Wang Meng, there are no more talented skaters in the country right now. We still have to find such new competitors to keep China among the top-level countries in the short-track field.

Joe had a distinguished record of service and commitment to U.S. Figure Skating. He was a major contributor to the growth of figure skating in the Chicago area. Beyond those activities he was truly a gentleman, and he always placed the best interest of the skaters as his first priority.

I think the new technical side of assessing skaters is an improvement, but also feel there is more work needed in improving the component judging side of the sport. I think Olympic figure skating is moving in the right direction.

I thought we'd be sending some younger skaters to Turin. I'll need to rethink things now that I've made it and am looking forward to the challenge.

Jess and Bryce are amazing skaters and they did a truly unbelievable job.

Penalty killing takes all four skaters and the goaltender working together. If one guy screws up on the PK, you're in trouble. It's very much a unit thing.

Our goal was to come back and win at least 12 medals in Turin. All the skaters who won medals are back and we've got some great athletes added on to that.

Our goal was to come back and win at least 12 medals in Turin, ... All the skaters who won medals are back and we've got some great athletes added on to that.

Other than rhythmic gymnastics, it's really the only sport that crosses over into art. The truly artistic skaters offer so much more than a skater who's just an athlete. I think it has a great deal of appeal to women, which is our core audience. It's always been popular and I think this year will be no exception.

I think they're going to be really tough. They have good skaters and are the defending champs. We have to commit to team defense.

That was first time in my life so many skaters fell.

You'll see skaters in their 70s as well as little kids.

We're all really good skaters who don't shy away from the physical play and bring something to the table. Once we get the puck in deep, we use our speed to our advantage. We beat people to loose pucks, support each other and get into open areas where he can make passes to get those good scoring chances. We just accommodate each other accordingly.

We have such a young team. At one point in the second period we had on the ice five skaters and a goaltender with an average at of 17.7 years.

We finally had 18 skaters totally committed. The last two games, I couldn't say that.

We've got skaters who are just here for the pursuit. It wouldn't be fair to them to take away their Olympic dreams.

U.S. Figure Skating is thrilled to bring this international event back to Colorado Springs. The city proved to be an excellent host in 2006, and we are excited to welcome the world's top figure skaters back to the United States for this event.

We've been having some weekend public skates with anywhere from 300 to 400 skaters per session. It's pretty crowded.

We learned something about being in the lead. We couldn't hold back with the caliber of skaters nipping out our heels, so we really had to go for it.

We asked to live separately because the pair skaters will finish their competition on Monday and it will be very noisy because they'll celebrate. In Salt Lake City we stayed with them and it was very distracting.

We got rid of one of our better skaters so they wouldn't complain so much about being beaten.

We should do pretty well - we have a few skaters who are very good in all four distances. We have a good chance on the women's side for all three podium spots.

Bikers and skaters are pretty much the same people. We just started (pushing for parks) a little later.

I started quite slow and the other skaters after me started very fast. You have to keep some strength for the final lap. So I did it. I showed I had trained a lot.

I've always emulated her work ethic because she was one of the few skaters that didn't lose her temper, that would have a bad day, but have a great attitude, come back and try again. That was a huge lesson for me to learn.

The motivation from watching such good skaters is helpful. It's like giving you extra drive when you're practicing.

That's going to make us feel right at home. We're lucky to have so many good skaters to work with.

This is the beginning of the season leading up to (the Olympics). This the first opportunity you are going to see the program, the music that these skaters hope to present at the Olympic Games.

This competition will require our celebrity skaters to not only demonstrate rhythm, but also athleticism, grace and balance on ice, and before a team of unforgiving judges with both Olympic and world championship experience,

They've got a lot of good skaters who can put the puck in the net. They're a hard-working team and they've been winning left and right. They're one of those teams that you almost don't want to face in the first round because they've been so hot lately.

Although we haven't found talented skaters in China like Ahn and Jin, I believe that from step-by-step training, new genius will come out. Short-track speed skating needs the efforts from generation to generation. We will do further research on the regularity of the sport and try to resume the success for China.

There's a whole group of skaters in the hunt.

It's been so long overdue. I think it takes away about 50% of the judges' importance to the event because now you have former skaters and former coaches sitting there calling the elements. The judges can only judge the transitions, the music, the program. So it's taken a lot out of their hands. I think it's great.

It's a family-oriented show. Anybody of any age can come. All the skaters and gymnasts are really great.

It really breaks my heart. One of the best skaters in the world didn't have a chance to show it tonight.

The new system is so demanding. Skaters go from one move to another.

It's much more computer driven, so that hopefully now judging can't be corrupted as easily. But the other side is the obvious things like jumps and spins end up being rewarded, so skaters who may be more graceful and less athletic might not get as many points as the athletic skaters.

Not that they don't have wonderful skaters, but when I look at the results from some of the junior competitions, I'm not seeing the depth now that I used to see. So I have a question as to when this current crop of Russian skaters are finished whether they'll be as strong. Originally, the (Soviet) system was to assign a wonderful coach to perhaps one or two wonderful competitors and government would reimburse the coaches. Once that was removed, there was anticipation that this method wouldn't continue to produce any good skaters. So far it's been wrong. We'll see in the future.

It's hard for the girls here and everybody has worked so hard to earn a spot on the team. But it's the U.S. Olympic Committee's job to pick the three skaters who have the best chance at the Olympics.

It's definitely tough to know you're going to be the last one. It's the best skaters in the world, it's the Olympic Games, it's 11:30 at night. But you just sort of stay in your own world, take it one step at a time and stay strong.

They are two great champions. I have beaten two of the best skaters in the world. I think every athlete who wins a gold medal is surprised but I knew I was skating fast so I'm not surprised about that.

It was just beautiful out there. There's just a handful of skaters out there. That's why we skate -- for days like this.

After today's showing I was not confident (of making the Olympic team). The other skaters all did so well, but I didn't do my best. After my performance I thought I would just have to train harder for the Olympics in four years.

It's really up to the committee to choose who they believe will be the best three skaters in America. I feel that I am one of the three best skaters in America.

Skaters have to follow certain guidelines. Hopefully, you'll see people with more interesting spins and focusing on the rest of the program and not just the jumps.

In this very moment, it is not the best time to spend money. But we are trying to offer this to encourage the desire of the skaters and the necessity of some skaters (who) need the money to practice and train. So this is in that spirit.

In South Korea, short-track speed skating is the popular sport, just like the table tennis in China. The level of its young skaters is much higher than the youth in China, where the sport is only practiced in two provinces with about 300 registered skaters.

I look at the Tucker incident. That was pretty much one-on-one and he whacked him twice, gets fined and plays the next game. Arty hasn't done anything like this. He just plays hard. That's all we want the league to understand. Yes, he sticks out because he skates, one of the best skaters in the league, and he's big and he's willing. We feel that is a tremendous asset for our team and the league for that type of play to be going on.

He's still one of the best skaters in the league, ... You want Mike to have open ice. You hope that guys like him will be able to show their skills and take over the game.

He's an excellent stick-handler. One of the best skaters and shooters I've ever had.

This is a historic moment for me and all the skaters of Italy.