Scott Hamilton Quotations

What was really funny is that as I got older all those guys who called me a sissy in junior high school wanted me to be their best friend because they wanted to meet all the girls that I knew in figure skating.

The only disability in life is a bad attitude.

The high road is always respected. Honesty and integrity are always rewarded.

Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges.

Always try to maintain complete tolerance and always make an effort to give people more then they expect.

Without strength and courage it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you're alone on the ice and you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself.

I had a ninth grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be.

Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody.

I just try to touch people's hearts in a way through skating, so they're not just witnessing a performance, they're feeling a performance and they're a part of it.

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

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

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

I'm very accessible. I don't get into this ego thing.

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

I don't think most teachers realize how much impact they have.

I started skating and I kind of liked it because I could run circles around the guys that wouldn't pick me to play baseball.

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

I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal.

When you turn professional, you become an entertainer, and like every other entertainer, you don't want to get a bad review.

Fame is a very confusing thing, because you are recognized by a lot of people that you've never seen before, and they're at a great advantage.

That's what makes the Ryder Cup in golf so much better than the Masters or the U.S. Open. To be a part of something that is not about personal achievement, but about representing everyone and sharing it with the whole country, it's wonderful.

When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence.

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

From the fall of October, 1980 to March, 1984 I never lost a competition.

I was nine-years-old when I first put on skates.

Rationality is not one of this industry's attributes.

So as an amateur Olympic competitor I loved criticism, because it made me better. But now as a professional I don't really know how to channel it or where to take it, so I don't take it quite as well.

We're shooting to have it as soon as possible.

She's had some great longevity. I think Michelle will represent the U.S. well, if she's healthy.

She seems focused, she seems comfortable on the ice and she seems at ease. Her qualities are obvious. She's an amazingly beautiful skater.

She just started to jump again and in two weeks she'll be ready? I don't think that's realistic.

MDA strongly supports a community's need to be ready for development and to have an inventory of available sites and locations. But traditionally the state hasn't invested in sites before a project is actually determined.

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.

Getting in writing is certainly a great idea. That way, everyone is clear about what they're supposed to do and how much it's going to cost and when services will be provided.

I don't think anybody in their wildest dreams at the beginning of the year thought they would do this well.

I get tired, too, and when I do, I think about the people I'm doing this for and I'm re-energized.'

I always thought that Northwest had the upper hand in this, and that AMFA was playing with a weak hand, and now they have a weaker hand, ... Northwest has always had the fortitude to fly through a strike, and now they have demonstrated that they have the ability to fly through a strike.

The people here have already had so much taken away. We don't want them now thinking they are going to die in the shelters.

That allows a smaller company like Immaculate Baking to take advantage of what usually benefits only large industries.

It doesn't means all the roads are open to the public, but emergency units have more capacity to travel.

It empowers the skater to participate in the result in a way she never has before. It is a step in the right direction.

It has become pretty clear to us that a lot of people have significant damage but not at 50 percent.

Michelle came along at exactly the right time, financially. Because our rules changed, she was able to continue in sanctioned competitions without making a major financial sacrifice. I think you may see more long Olympic careers like Michelle's, but hers will always be unique.

We're definitely well into the recovery phase, and it's going well. I'm sure it's not going as fast as some would like.

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

We know other people are hurting. There is a large sum of money that might be available for other programs.

Without them (the China order), Airbus would have come in at the 905 planes (net) estimated by analysts and industry observers.

We will cheer Emily on enthusiastically, but my heart hurts for Michelle Kwan.

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

Theoretically, it's probably not going to be worth your while to apply. That's one of the problems we're working on. We have to go back to our original intent (for the money). It is our intent to help people who relied on the government. There are people who have already started to rebuild. How do you go back and help them?

There is not a particular timetable for the decision on the loan application. But we will begin to review it immediately.

You get philosophical ... There's always a bigger fish, you know? And it's hard to feel sorry for yourself when you know other people are going through things much worse than you are,

Even though there are huge resources being expended, it just takes a while in order to get momentum going. It is now flowing, and we are making improvements every hour and every day.

Even though I had tried to mentally prepare myself for bad news, there was no damming up the flood of emotions roaring through my body, ... Landing It: My Life on and Off the Ice.

There's more to sports than just being big and strong and quick.

It was the strongest signal possible to the market that Boeing was here to stay. It also energized the workforce and led to a complete change in attitude.

Sooner or later if the replacement mechanics can't keep on top of it, it's going to start causing cancellations.

Somebody needed to stand and challenge it who didn't have a vested interest in it,

As fuel distribution develops the next few days, this should improve. The flow of gasoline and more gas stations getting electricity should improve the situation.

As part of our testing, we identified a vulnerability that could have compromised the security of the application, so we need to take another week to bolster our protection.

This is another positive step forward, this is another good sign in our work with this company. We are working toward good news, I can say that.

Think of it as the book that goes along with your tax return.

They are owed by the company, not by the state. They need to get their bills paid by the company.

This just sends, I think, a heck of a message to the company, that their proposal wasn't just a little off-base. It was way off-base.

It seems like they get it, and it seem like they were able to prepare properly for the new scoring system.

The new scoring system is here to stay, it's not going anywhere. We might as well embrace it.

Everybody looked at (Ito) and said invincible. Then slowly during that two-week period of time before they started competing, she started to kind of lose the edge. So a lot can happen between now and then, but if you're handicapping right now I'd say a sweep is a possibility.

It's been difficult. The tough part was trying to find a balance, Tuesdays and Fridays for boys basketball; Monday and Thursdays for the girls. And it's nice for our kids to compete for all-conference and conference championships. Our schedule has been difficult to do, and we made it work as best we could. I think all of that paid off today.

It's hard to ask people who have been through so much for patience. But no one has ever done this before.

It takes the pressure off of being caught. If they are going to do something underhanded, nobody will ever know.

If people have come back, if they don't have the right information, if we create problems up front that have to be solved later, it'll delay everything.

I don't know if it's probable, but it's possible. When you look back since the breakup of the Soviet Union, how many Olympic gold medals haven't they won?

Memories just get richer with time.

The Olympics in '80 was phenomenal. It was my favorite memory of all competitive events, because it was brand new and it was exciting.

A bad attitude is the only true handicap.

Each movement is only learned after you've perfected the one before it.

Refined indifference is a sports psychology precept: train like there's no tomorrow and then accept whatever happens. Once you step on the field realize that whatever is meant to be is meant to be.

I don't want to look back-I want to keep looking ahead. I'd hate for my defining moment to be my past.

The company (Airbus) should be embarrassed by its performance in the twin-aisle line.