Quotes from Scott Hamilton

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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 think most teachers realize how much impact they have.

Memories just get richer with time.

Rationality is not one of this industry's attributes.

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.

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

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

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

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.