#skater

Figure skaters have awful perceptions of hockey players. ↗

— Kristi Yamaguchi

#figure #hockey #hockey players #key players #perceptions

I couldn't beat people with my strength; I don't have a hard shot; I'm not the quickest skater in the league. My eyes and my mind have to do most of the work. ↗

— Wayne Gretzky

#eyes #hard #i #league #mind

I didn't want to be the sissy figure skater, you know. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#i #know #sissy #skater #want

We had a party with the rest of the skaters in our trailer and then the next day we were off to see Jimmy Carter. And then we had the World Championships the next weekend, so not a lot of chance to catch up. ↗

— Eric Heiden

#catch #championships #chance #day #had

I was an anorexic, beer drinking, class cutting, doodling, shoplifting, skater chick that was into nature, art class, and the beach. ↗

— Rebecca Miller

#art #beach #beer #chick #class

Initially, I wanted to be an ice skater, but then when I was 13 I saw Bye Bye Birdie, and that was it - I wanted to be on Broadway. ↗

— Liza Minelli

#broadway #bye #i #ice #initially

Doing shows is always a side of skating that I've loved, it's the performing. I get to do that without the pressure, it's always fun between the skaters and the preparation, the show is always so much fun. ↗

— Kurt Browning

#between #doing #fun #get #i

I actually prefer soothing music - and maybe that's the skater in me. ↗

— Michelle Kwan

#i #maybe #me #music #prefer

Olympic Gold changed me and my life dramatically. I became a celebrity overnight and people see me as a famous skater, not a real person. ↗

— Oksana Baiul

#celebrity #changed #dramatically #famous #gold

That's what really makes great skating competitions. When you have two top skaters in good form giving superb performances. ↗

— Dick Button

#form #giving #good #great #makes