#amateur

That's what amateur skating is about, technical expertise, and it should always stay that way. ↗

— Brian Boitano

#always #amateur #expertise #should #skating

Even now I want to keep my amateur spirit, to spend my time, to be in the sport with all my heart. ↗

— Sergei Bubka

#even #even now #heart #i #keep

There are great amateur bodies that have good programs right from the grassroots level to professionals. ↗

— Karrie Webb

#bodies #good #grassroots #great #level

I'm not supposed to be able to speak clearly, and decipher what's going on in the media. I'm supposed to be the typical amateur who's 22 and scared to death and can't believe he won the Olympics. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#amateur #believe #clearly #death #decipher

It's certainly true that I was brought up in that British amateur tradition, the one which always held that if you were reasonably good at cricket, knew one or two Latin texts and a few zingy Oscar Wilde quotes for dinner parties, you were pretty much ready to go and run some outpost in Hindustan. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#amateur #british #brought #certainly #cricket

I am not really certain how original my contribution to music is as I am obviously an amateur. ↗

— Patti Smith

#amateur #certain #contribution #how #i

An amateur is someone who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to paint. ↗

— Ben Shahn

#enable #him #himself #jobs #outside

I was planning to remain an amateur for a while. ↗

— Tracy Austin

#i #planning #remain #while

Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment. ↗

— Avery Brundage

#entertainment #must #played #professionally #sports

So I have the classic amateur's technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes. ↗

— Bill Bruford

#bits #classic #gaping #holes #i