Skating Quotations | Page 3

I've always enjoyed performing. I was in figure skating before, and then I joined my first school play. Ever since that, you have not been able to get me out of the theater.

We came here to throw the triple axel and make skating history, and that goal was reached. It's our Olympic dream.

We obviously wanted to get in front of Burke because we know they can score. We were skating well and just kept it up. I think that should help us next week.

We've been skating with them for years. It's so funny, because as big as they've gotten in the eyes of the audience and the skating world, they're still the same guys who run around and stick their tongues out as they go by.

We've been skating internationally together as a team for quite a while, and it's nice to finally come out and give the medal to the U.S.. We fought all night long, and it paid off.

When I was going to Penn State, I was so new to ice skating that I only skated once a week, and that was in Harrisburg, three hours away. It wasn't my No. 1 focus.

This whole thing about paying your dues in skating and finally one day you're going to get rewarded for it, I don't believe in this. It doesn't matter who you are, or wherever you're from, you should have a fair chance. If a newcomer skates the best that night they should win. This system is veering toward that and it's allowing it to happen.

We think we're a pretty good skating team, and part of that is forcing turnovers and constantly moving your legs. That's what makes us successful. We've been using our speed to force turnovers and play a higher pressure game.

Why did I come back? I mean, I was really satisfied with the gold medal in Salt Lake City, but at the same time, I thought I was too young to retire. Cycling didn't go well for me in 2003 so I went back to speed skating full time.

We've compiled the ultimate Tony Hawk music lineup. Whether skating their way through East L.A. or biking through Hollywood, the soundtrack will draw players into the game with its perfect accompaniment to the adrenaline pumping action.

We've compiled the ultimate Tony Hawk music lineup, ... Whether skating their way through East L.A. or biking through Hollywood, the soundtrack will draw players into the game with its perfect accompaniment to the adrenaline pumping action.

This tour is power packed with skating stars from start to finish.

We also hung out at what was then Conley Rayne's (now Rayne's Reef) in Berlin, and there was roller skating parties and sock hop dances at church hall, too, ... By today's standards, our kids and grandkids might think we had a boring time, but it was wonderful.

We just have to show the great players skating in the open ice. The NHL has done a good job with the rule changes. There is a lot of excitement.

We didn't expect the checking to be so hard. But in the third period we did start skating and scored three goals.

We had a couple of great shifts there. I thought we played extremely well tonight, skating and passing the puck. I thought we could have had a couple of more.

We are so pleased to see pillars of the community come out and support the park and all of these kids. Skating is a huge part of their lives, and to be able to show off a little bit is huge.

We are skating on thin ice. Next it may be a dirty bomb, a chemical attack or a nuclear bomb. When will our government wake up?

With the athletes I have and our skating ability we should be winning. I'll take the blame for that. I should be able to get us over the hump. I'm going to look a little closer at what we're doing from a coaching standpoint. We've got to make better decisions. The girls left everything that they had on the ice. The next place that it has to improve is with the coaching.

We are excited to have Dan on board. Not only is he a world-class athlete, he's a world-class person. He will bring a fresh, innovative approach to helping our players improve their skating skills.

When she was 4 1/2, she asked for three straight months if she could take skating lessons, ... I didn't know where that came from because I had never skated and none of her friends had either.

Finance 101 will tell you, if you take the value of her figure skating revenue streams and discount it, this is a multimillion-dollar disappointment.

Figure skating is a sport with its own subculture filled with behind-the-scenes intrigue, fashion, glamour and tremendous drama.

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

Figure skating is always a huge deal. Winter Olympics frequently create new heroes in America, even in rather obscure events ... or at least some unforgettable characters, like (British ski jumper) Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards who managed, quite flamboyantly, to not get himself killed when flying off a ramp 18 years ago at Calgary.

We had a good game. We played three good periods and it was a good road win. We just generated a lot of opportunities because we were moving and skating well tonight.

Unbeatable, I would like to believe they're unbeatable. But figure skating depends on many things - ice, judges, political situations.

You have to train them, you have to train yourself, you have to train together. Sometimes I relate it to ice skating somebody has to be there to catch you.

We were ready to go, ... We had our legs going and we were skating well and we probably caught them flat.

We had the best week of practice we have had all year. We switched our lines around one more time to try to make things happen we are only skating 10 to 11 and have a small and young team with one senior.

When I started skating four years ago my goal was Olympic trials this year and I made that. So I guess right now my plan is another four years.

We expect Teemu Selanne to be an impact player for us, both on the ice and in the community. His skating and goal-scoring ability should fit nicely with our new style of play.

We did a good job getting the puck to the net while skating 5-on-5. We also proved that we are a well-conditioned team.

Everybody knew I had to work on my skating and get my confidence. Playing in the American league is good because you get a lot of ice time and you can improve easily that way. Now I feel more confident, I feel better, but I still have a lot to improve. I can't keep the puck as much as I did in the American league, but I think that will come with time.

At that moment, I saw it in the skating lounge. I just heard the audience scream and I saw the people laying on the ice. I just tried to stay far away from that emotionally and not get involved inside.

Corruption in skating has been there for 100 years, and it still will be there. We just won't know about it.

There's no halfway at this time of year. We've been pretty cautious over the past week. Drew has been skating for over a week now. With a situation like that, we're not going to rush anybody back. Certainly, that was the case with Drew.

I've been skating since I was 2 years old. I have no problem with basketball, it just seems like a slower game to me. I like the pace of hockey better.

I've been skating a long time, and I really enjoy the sport. I'm still in good shape, and I plan on doing it, right now, for as long as they think I'm capable of being a quality official. Hopefully, they'll keep me around for a few more years.

I've been training all year for the 1,000 meters. I want to give myself the best opportunity in the 1,000. Skating the pursuit would take away from that. It's not a difficult decision.

I've been having a dream of giving it a shot in an Olympics ever since I first landed a quad. I don't feel any pressure at all. I'll be happy if I enjoy skating here and happier if I land a quad.

I've been playing since I was in fifth grade. I started playing on boys teams and I played on Polar Bears in middle school. I still play for the Polar Bears. I love everything about hockey. I love skating and I haven't gotten sick of playing. The girls on the team are awesome.

The worst position to be in at any skating school is the best. There's no motivation, and everybody's taking a run at you. The smart ones realize (having competition) is going to make them better.

The whole team played a great game. We were battling much harder. We were much better in the power play. We were skating much better and putting pressure on them.

I've worked with a number of researchers and there is only one Johan. Jansen said, 'You have to meet this guy.' He always shows up in flip-flops. And he has a skating encyclopedia for a brain.

These docks are water-soaked. When it freezes, it turns into a skating rink.

The skating public has embraced her potential and always forgiven her on-ice shortcomings. In large part this has to do with the grace she has shown when not winning.

The thought of seeing multi-millionaire hockey players skating around outside playing for real points has captured something,

The southwest corner is just bloodied. Roads are like skating rinks. It's just catastrophic.

Right now we are playing good hockey and making a push for the playoffs. I thought the effort was great and we are skating very well.

Sarah Krause will offer figure skating lessons a couple of times a week, ... There will be information at registration.

Realistically, I've only been skating for five years. I know if I do choose to go for another Games, I'll physiologically still be in my prime as a female athlete. It's a matter of what I want to do.

People think skating would translate very easily to dancing, but it really doesn't. Dancing is a lot of fun and not as dangerous as being on the ice.

People come up to him in the arena asking for skating times. He gives them without looking at any sheets.

North Providence is young. They're inexperienced. They have some goal scorers. But I think we have the skating advantage. They're obviously a decent team or they wouldn't be in the playoffs. We don't take any team lightly. But I think we have the speed and depth advantage.

A few games after Peter Laviolette became the coach, I began to get more ice time, ... Pretty soon, I was skating 25-30 minutes a night. I was more than happy to keep doing that. It sure makes a difference when you have the coach's confidence.

The old 6.0 system was around for almost 100 years. I think skating outgrew the 6.0 system. Is (the new system) perfect? No, it's not perfect.

After I won the Olympics, like any gold medalist, I did feel some emptiness in my heart. I did think about coming back to the ice for a long time. What motivated me is skating is something I am best at and I love the most. So I want to give it one more try.

No matter how a network is doing, when that final evening of female figure skating happens, people are going to be watching. Advertisers that want to be in the Olympics are going to be in the Olympics.

Anybody investing on the assumption of who's going to win the election is skating on thin ice.

Annual attendance at the civic center has grown substantially during Susan's tenure. Figure skating and hockey programs are stronger than ever.

Another year he had a shoulder problem. Those who were there will remember him skating towards the bench and having the trainer replace the shoulder that had come out of its socket. Both of them loved this game. The team record was more important to them than their personal record.

This has been a very tough decision for me to make, especially considering the magnitude of the upcoming season. Although I still love skating very much, my passion and love for the competitive aspect of the sport has dwindled following the death of my mother in 2001 and my nagging hip injuries.

They're unbelievable you get out there skating with guys like that you realize how good they are and how well they pass the puck at 50 plus years old.

They've been skating the heck out of him. Obviously, a game is different than practice, but he's been working extremely hard. I wouldn't be surprised if he slides right in and does well right off the bat.

They said skating would ruin my ballet form. It wasn't hard for me to choose. I'm very creative and in skating I can make up my own stuff.

They still felt they were skating well and could win games. We just had too many defensive lapses. We were giving up goals in bunches.

They say the worst lead in hockey is a two-goal lead going into the third period. You can't sit back and let them keep coming at you. I thought we did a good job of skating and continuing to play in that third period.

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.

Although I still love skating very much, my passion and love for the competitive aspect of the sport has dwindled following the death of my mother in 2001 and my nagging hip injuries.

They made us look like we were skating in slush. There was a lot of slop out there. Give them credit. They executed.

They're a lot better than I ever thought they would be. If they get beat, it's somebody bigger and stronger that will beat them. That's probably one area they don't match up well with high school boys. We have 10 kids over 6 feet 2. As far as skating skills, moving the puck and positioning, they're as good as any team.

They're both good skating teams who do a lot of the little things really well. It should be a great game. It's hard to say who has the edge but, in my mind, Harvard is the hottest team right now.

They're bigger and stronger and very physically challenging for us. We can get in the skating game with anyone, but the physical game is tough.

They're a very good team. They skated well. We let a couple of soft goals in early, and they just fed off that. They're a great passing team and a great skating team.

A close figure skating competition will be decided by a computer choosing an anonymous panel of nine judges. In fairness to the skaters, all twelve scores should be used in awarding medals. Let's leave the computer out of it.

It's a unique building having been a skating rink and a well-known Ream's grocery store. There's nostalgia associated with it.

It was fun, ... I just got back from junior camp, so to go from there to skating today was a big jump. But I found myself getting better after just an hour and a half.

It's a different game we're playing now. It's a lot more skating and a lot less scrapping, and I think it's great.

It's a different game we're playing now, ... It's a lot more skating and a lot less scrapping, and I think it's great.

I told Julia before coming into the free skating that regardless of being fourth, we should try the same a good, clean program despite our placement.

It is truly the opinion of this monitoring team that Michelle could win the Olympics. We really believe that, and she skated that way. We really do believe she's skating very well.

It's the complexity of the turns, the changes of the direction, and the body and how well it's skated and how effortless he makes it look. The one thing about his skating is that you rarely ever hear him.

It's like a seven-acre skating rink of snowy dirt.

It's going to be hard because we did have that weekend off. But the team has been practicing hard, and I'm sure everyone's ready. They've been skating hard. I think mentally we're prepared, and we know what's coming up and how important it is. And everyone has the right state of mind right now.

It's nice to even be considered to be in the running. Both Marie-France and Patrice, and Megan and Aaron are amazing teams and to be out there skating with them was awesome for us.

Everyone here has improved on his skating and I think that it's no easy task to get a medal. But I felt at the same time that I'm in with a chance.

Everybody is skating well. I had to move my butt a little bit to make it.

Everybody, of course, would rather be skating and building it like they were before, but now it's for the long term.

The base value for quads is way too low. It doesn't encourage people to take risks. It encourages people to skate conservatively and skate clean, and I don't think that's the direction skating should be going.

That first period was probably the worst period we've played all year. We had a talk about commitment and skating after the first and I thought we were fortunate to be down only 1-0.

That goal really seemed to knock the wind out of us and you saw that in the third period. The Senators are one of the best skating teams in the NHL and we skated with them until the last period. We came out flat and they just took over from that point on. For a team that also played last night, they still had their legs tonight. Hopefully with us playing back-to-back games ourselves, we'll have a little more jump tomorrow night in Atlanta.

It's an awesome day for pairs skating in Canada. To have a young team coming up (Dube/Davison) and do what they've done this week is incredible.

It's hard not to be impressed. He handles himself like a veteran. He played a lot of minutes (19:45 average) -- probably even more than he should have in his first year, but I don't think it hurt him. And he looks like he's five or 10 pounds heavier from working out, but his skating certainly hasn't suffered because of it. He did pretty well all of last year culminating at the World Championships where he was pretty dominant.

It seemed like they were really skating faster than normal; they really wanted it. Our team is built on a lot of skill, a lot of teamwork. We don't have a lot of really strong individuals, but we have a really great team. It's really built on the Army standard of playing together, good passing ... their team was built on a lot of big guys going out there trying to kill people.

It was a big turnaround from last year. They worked hard. I went to the coaches meeting recently and I sat next to (Brandon coach) Tim (Stone). I said 'I hope we can give you a game' and he said 'Don't feed me that, I just don't want to get in a skating match with you guys.' They said at the meeting when you play Linden you better lace up your skates, because you are going to skate hard for 45 minutes.

It was more of a learning experience. I've learned tons here. Almost every day in practice you learn something new. I try and get out there first and work on some stuff on my own, do some skating drills on my own.

It was nerves. As soon as they got the puck on the stick, they were trying to get rid of it instead of skating with it or trying to set up a play.

I've just been finding the back of the net. I've been getting a lot of chances and skating well, and I want to keep that going as long as I can.

No, I'm not surprised that it's a huge deal. Michelle has been a marvelous champion. She's a terrific athlete. It's clear that skating fans everywhere adore her, and they should. She's been a terrific image for the sport of figure skating, so I'm not surprised that there's all this attention.