Quotes About Dedication

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

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

I didn't get into skating to be famous.

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.

Education is more important than skating. I want to keep up with my schoolwork and my skating.

And I love what I do and I love skating.

I started skating when I was six years old.

I would just love to be able to give back to figure skating.

Apolo is going to have to keep skating so he can add more gold to his entourage.

I've got this thing with skating and school - to see how much I can accomplish.

L.A. is a city that has given me great support for skating.

My parents are very good parents and have already said that they will look after me until the end of my skating career.

The past couple years training with Kurt have really brought inspiration into my skating.

I started skating because I loved it. I started when I was three and I didn't know all the sacrifices and all the hardships and how difficult day-in and day-out it would be.

In skating or any amateur sport, as athletes we share something in common: the cost of training is quite a burden on our parents or on the athletes themselves trying to find a way to pay for their costs.

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.

Part of the strength that Charlie and I have as a team is we've been able to keep our priorities straight through our entire partnership. We've been able to maintain a life outside of skating, and though we've given up a lot of things and we've been training really hard our entire lives, we've been able to maintain great social lives.

I really like figure skating.

The main thing for me now is figure skating, which I intend to devote more than one year.

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.

My parents told me, 'Skating is a privilege, not a right, and school always comes first.'

I have so much to give to skating in Canada.

I love skating. It's part of my life, and I never wanted to give it up.

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