#skating

Growing up as an athlete, I started skating very young. My parents didn't know anything about the sport, so they went with the flow. I had two great coaches who gave great advice and gave guidelines for my parents. My parents let the coaches dictate what was going on on the ice. ↗

— Kristi Yamaguchi

#advice #anything #athlete #coaches #dictate

I burnt myself out of skating. I was ready to focus on being a mom. ↗

— Kristi Yamaguchi

#burnt #focus #i #mom #myself

I don't mind the sparkle - I think it's kind of a tradition in skating. I don't think the men really need sparkles, but for the women it's part of the glamour of our sport. ↗

— Kristi Yamaguchi

#i #i think #kind #men #mind

One of my mottos not only just in skating but in life in general and I try to enforce it as well, is like no regrets and just like going for it. ↗

— Kristi Yamaguchi

#general #going #i #just #life

Skating was something I really wanted to do; my parents knew nothing about it. They said they'd support me as long as I was trying my hardest and enjoying it. ↗

— Kristi Yamaguchi

#enjoying #hardest #i #knew #long

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

— Kristi Yamaguchi

#couple #inspiration #into #kurt #past

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 did a lot of skating. ↗

— Rachel McAdams

#art #art form #dad #did #doing

I didn't get into skating to be famous. ↗

— Eric Heiden

#get #i #into #skating

If skating got into the Olympics, I would be tempted to hold off on shredding for a year and just skate, to make that my new goal. In that sport, I'm still the underdog. ↗

— Shaun White

#got #hold #i #into #just

Snowboarding's tough, because you've got to go to the mountains. For me, I love the skateboard season because I get to hangout at home and still be skating. I don't have to travel to Norway or Japan or these crazy places to be snowboarding. ↗

— Shaun White

#crazy #get #go #got #home