Quotes About Skating

Hockey is figure skating in a war zone.

Love: a burnt match skating in a urinal.

Injuries are a huge thing for skating. I think skating is a very unnatural sport for the body, very tough on the joints.

I won't quit skating until I am physically unable.

I could never focus on my upper body as a skater, so I'm enjoying having symmetrical upper and lower body muscle.

I saw the older kids entering the rink carrying hockey sticks and bags, and I was fascinated by the equipment. Once I started skating faster, I was attracted to the speed and dynamics of hockey. I never looked back!

I started skating when I was about 10 years old. It was in an alleyway. I picked up my brother's skateboard and stood on it. I started to roll down the alley, and I yelled at my brother asking him how I turn the thing. At the end of the alley, I just jumped off, picked up the board and physically turned it around.

I didn't know about competition or the Olympics until Peggy Fleming won in 1968. My mother looked after all of the competition stuff. I just skated. I didn't really love competition, but that was the only way to get better. You'd see more talent.

When I'm not skating, I love to surf. I'm open to the new experiences and opportunities.

I used to play hockey when I was growing up. Everyone sort of learns how to skate and play hockey at an early age.

and at once, amidst all the skaters, he knew her. He knew she was there by the rapture and the terror that seized his heart.

2017 was probably one of the hardest years of my life. There were a lot of personal struggles. I lost some very important people. I had a best friend and then a grandfather pass away. Through it all, skating became an anchor. I used to think of it as a job. Now it was getting me through and giving me hope.

I used to skate around the rink with my mom, and we used to race each other until I started getting way better. Then she hung up her skates and resorted to playing my music at the rink.

Pairs skating and singles are two different things. Although some skaters have achieved this successfully, it is a very difficult transition. You're looking at double work.

Power and strength are most important for my skating.

I'm really very glad that I had skating to be my love and my escape. I think that it always gave me something that made me feel good, and it was music, and it was peaceful, and not a lot of the other stresses of life.

In speed skating, we want to have the strongest, most powerful lower half of the body and don't want to have any weight on top.

I think, as a skater, I started out really strongly, and as I have grown in the public eye, I have had my rough seasons that most people don't get as much attention for.

My coaches have told me my muscles and body structure are perfect for skating.

I think I'm a born athlete. My coaches have told me my muscles and body structure are perfect for skating.

L.A. hip-hop is so different; it's so diverse. Out here, it's, like, funk-inspired; it's, like, '70s-skating-rink-inspired at times. It's Zapp-and-Roger-inspired; it's house-party-era-inspired.

Outdoor hockey is what it is all about.

I grew up in Finland, so it's cold in Finland, we have ice rinks outdoors.

She was back on her skates, twirling expertly