Quotes About Skating

When I was skating I felt I represented not just my family and the people who helped me make it to that point, but also New York and the country.

When I came back to skating, everyone was like 'Oh you're the snowboard guy.'

Skating is big in Chicago. There's a lot of hockey; a lot of the boys play hockey. And figure skating is big.

Competitions make me nervous. When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating and not, 'I have to do this to win.' I forget it is a competition.

I like to roller skate. I have been roller skating since I was eight.

Cardio is tough after a day of skating, but with my iPod I can get into the moment and complete the cardio training for the day.

Figure skating has been a great influence for me. I took dance at the School of American Ballet, which helped my own skating. And whether you are a skater or a dancer, without sounding narcissistic, it is all about looking in the mirror.

I really like figure skating.

I was skating with friends in my neighborhood, and then eventually I was invited to go to the skate park with one of them. When I saw people flying all around - literally flying in and out of bowls - that is when I knew I wanted to do it. I wanted to figure out how I could get there and how I could fly.

The skating community is very fickle. And with me, they're especially fickle for whatever reason. Maybe I bring it on myself, but if you don't prove yourself and you don't skate consistently, then they can very easily write you off and bring somebody from behind you and put them in your place.

Some skaters, they live for skating, and they are home-schooled. I'm very lucky my parents let me go to school and have a normal life.

It just comes kind of naturally to me to take something and try and make it relatable and interesting to someone who doesn't know everything about skating.

I didn't study dance. I had some ballet lessons because I needed it for posture and for my arms, mostly. My skating coach said I really needed it, from the belly button up, as opposed to the footwork. In skating, the shoes don't move.

During my early skating years, there were not many ice rinks in Korea, and even the few rinks that existed, most of them were public.

I had a lovely childhood. For family holidays, we went as far as the car could take us - we would drive to Florida, even though it would take three days. I didn't know we didn't have a lot of money because there was always food on the table. I didn't have a lot of stuff, but I did figure skating for a long time, and I always had my skates.

I spent a lot of money and time at pizza places. Golf and Stuff in Ventura, right off the 101, was my hangout. Skating Plus, right behind it, always had a good selection of games. That was the place to be when you were from Oxnard back in the '80s.

In Japan, skating is like NHL hockey in Canada or baseball in the U.S., so pushing the limit is very enticing. Skating is their lives.

I have so much to give to skating in Canada.

Largely, I began skating because I wanted stuff to do outside of school. My mom decided to put me into figure skating.

Once I really understood what skating was and what the Olympic really entailed, I knew that's what I wanted to do: I wanted to be there; I wanted to represent the U.S.

When I watch my skating when I was younger, I definitely see all this balletic movement and this artistry come through.

I think that ballet and skating definitely go hand in hand, especially growing up at Ballet West, which is an incredible academy.

I don't necessarily always feel happy when I'm skating.

I sometimes think about adult skating and how, you know, people like Midori Ito, she competed at the adult world championships. I feel like I'll probably be someone like that.