Quotes About Performance

I think what every skater dreams of is not only skating the best program they can possibly skate, but, y'know, having the crowd roar at the end, and it was just so loud I couldn't even hear my music.

My skating is a very emotional thing that comes from the heart, never doing it for the medal.

When I found skating, it was something that was individual, and it was something that I could focus on being my best. And I loved the whole practice, and I also loved performing. It was probably the first time I felt really good about myself and that I was good at something, because I always liked being athletic.

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 watch a lot of professional skating, and I am really looking forward to going to nationals.

Acting is easier than skating in a way and harder in other aspects. In skating, you get one chance, and with acting you get to do it over and over.

I don't want to compete. I want to skate for the joy. I get so nervous in competition. I get always sick. I had pressures enough in my life from skating.

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.

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.

To me, skating should look effortless even when you're doing the hardest of elements.

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.

Skating in itself is a difficult sport, and the amazing athletes within the sport are very challenging.

Skating is a very beautiful sport, and I love watching new programs.

My Olympic moment from the individual event was that I was really able to enjoy my skating, and so that meant a lot to me, and I didn't portray that accurately.

Ever since I was a little kid, I loved being the centre of attention. I think it's part of the reason why I loved skating. You're literally in a fishbowl. You're in the middle of the ice by yourself, and the world is watching.

In figure skating, you have four minutes to do your best. It's your time; you do your best.

That's what we love to do and I think our skating's at it's best when we do that: when we draw people in and hopefully make them feel something.

At the Olympics, once I got there it was more about the full experience and skating to the best of my ability.

Skating is much more of an individual sport, and then there is a team event once the team is picked.

I believe that as a writer and a director, you're only providing the skeleton of a character, and you're hiring actors to fill it out.

I've always kind of been a little skeptical about bands that won't play their hits. That's really arrogant to me as a music fan. I do want to hear obscure songs, but like most people, I want to hear the hits, so we always play them.