Quotes of: Figure-skating Keyword

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

Scott Hamilton

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

Joan Cusack

Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.

Katarina Witt

I really like figure skating.

Lindsey Vonn

I love figure skating. It's what I'm good at.

Yuna Kim

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

Michelle Kwan

Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges.

Scott Hamilton

Figure skating is not a hobby. It's my work, which I want to do, and do well.

Adelina Sotnikova

When I was younger, I always dreamed of being a legend, to be remembered in figure skating.

Michelle Kwan

To me, figure skating is an art form, and that's what I always try to bring in, even to my competitive programs.

Johnny Weir

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

Julia Lipnitskaya

Figure skating is theatrical. It's artistic. It's elegant. It's extremely athletic. And there's a very specific audience for that.

Johnny Weir

Ice dance should not be seen as a rigid conformist form of figure skating. There is a great deal of freedom and originality to be had.

Robin Cousins

I am an American man, and in America, we still think of figure skaters as little girls in pretty, sparkly dresses - I worked very hard to change the perception and image of figure skating, and I think I've done a great job on my end, but in figure sk...

Johnny Weir

Figure skating is theatrical, and a part of it is wearing costumes. My costumes were very over-the-top and outrageous for figure skating. But for me, it's all beautiful. Even when nobody else believed they were beautiful, I felt beautiful in them.

Johnny Weir

I'm excited to watch slope style and halfpipe. And then, of course, when my events are done, I get to go to hockey, which is always entertaining. I also like figure skating. I think every girl grew up watching figure skating.

Julia Mancuso

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.

Vera Wang

In figure skating, your body can only last for so long. I can't be 50 and trying to skate but I can be 50 and be in fashion, so I have to look to my future and what I want to achieve.

Johnny Weir

I sort of always had an inkling towards some kind of an art form. I grew up in a very small town, and I just figure-skated. My dad played hockey and I was surrounded by sports, but it wasn't quite doing it for me. I wasn't totally fulfilled, and I di...

Rachel McAdams

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

Scott Hamilton

I think for me it was a natural transition to move full time into acting rather than figure skating.

Julie Benz