37 Skater Quotes for You to Enjoy

Everybody has to deal with tough times. A gold medal doesn't make you immune to that. A skater is used to falling down and getting up again. Dorothy Hamill

Tough Times You Tough Down Everybody Immune Make Deal Falling Up Times Getting Gold Gold Medal Skater Again Used Medal

'Thrasher' magazine's Skater of the Year is clearly my No. 1 goal. The only way I get that is skating. Other than that, I haven't set that many outrageous goals. If I got Skater of the Year, that would just really add to it all and make me feel really good. Whether it's this year, next year or five years from now, that is my goal. Ryan Sheckler

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

You Know Sissy Want Skater Figure

I'm the type of skater that needs to stay upbeat and relaxed, open, because if I stay quiet, I get in my head, and then I start to think too much and start to doubt. Ashley Wagner

Needs Too Much Doubt Think Too Type Relaxed Stay Open Head Because Upbeat Quiet Get Skater Then Much Start

Plus the public's attention span is so short right now, if a skater doesn't strike while the iron is hot... well it's not like people will forget you, but they just won't care anymore. Brian Boitano

If you skate with an Olympic level skater, they make you so much better because you're skating behind them, and you're trying to imitate their stride and their stance. It's like having the world's greatest training wheels. D. B. Sweeney

When it comes down to competition, it's not always about the best skater, it's about who skates the best in that competition. Gracie Gold

Best Competition Down About Always Skater Skates Who

I have great artistry, I can spin well, I have good footwork, and I can jump. I can do the quad jump, and I've done it multiple times in competition. It's definitely a jump that I have in my arsenal. I like to think of myself as the complete skater. Jeremy Abbott

Myself Good Great Competition Think Complete Definitely Spin Like Footwork Well Arsenal Jump Times Done Artistry Skater Multiple

I have been a figure skater for so long that when I stopped that competitive day-to-day grind, I didn't know what to do with myself. I don't know how the world works outside of being barked at by a Ukrainian woman and watching my weight. Johnny Weir

Myself Woman World Long Ukrainian Outside Weight Day-To-Day Know How Been Stopped Being Skater Grind Figure Works Watching Competitive

I think my style is kind of a cross between a skater hippie and an R&B star. If there were something I was going to endorse, it would probably be something like sneakers. Something that would be me. Justin Timberlake

Me Style Think Kind Would Would-Be Cross Something Between Like Hippie Were Sneakers Going Endorse Skater Star

I started off as a recording engineer and a beatmaker. I was this skater kid that would skateboard to auditions, and then I would use the money I'd make and buy a bunch of equipment and make a bunch of beats. I still am that kid, just with a little more money. Kat Graham

Sometimes I even now feel like a stranger in my country. But I knew there would be problems because I had seen the world as a skater. And now? A lot of people in eastern Germany have lost jobs, rents went up, food costs went up, unemployment went to 20 percent. Freedom is good, but it is not easy. Katarina Witt

Good Food Freedom People World Sometimes Problems Seen Country Lost Jobs Eastern Would Would-Be Easy Percent Costs Had Knew Feel Like Because Lot Up Germany Unemployment Skater Stranger Even Even Now Now

I always thought the Vancouver Olympics would be my last destination, but I'm extending it to Sochi... I want to start anew, not as an Olympic medalist but just as yet another figure skater. Kim Yuna

Destination Thought Would Would-Be Vancouver Anew Another Always Just Want Skater Figure Extending Start Last Olympic Olympics

I want to be a skater. Lil Wayne

Want Skater

One thing about a skater: they never quit. So a skater, to sum it up, is awesome. Lil Wayne

Awesome Sum One Thing About Never Never Quit Up Quit Skater Thing

I was always active as a kid. I was a professional figure skater for many years and I was a dancer, so it's just been part of my life, and I think that creates a certain body type. Malin Akerman

Life My Life Active Think Type Dancer Kid Part Always Been Years Just Skater Creates Certain Body Figure Many Professional

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

Music Me Soothing Maybe Skater Prefer Actually

It was really, really heartbreaking to not be named to the team in Sochi, but some things are just not meant to be. That experience changed me as a skater. I took a step back and decided that some things are not worth accepting. I wanted to be on another Olympic team. I took time to evolve myself as a person and as a skater. Mirai Nagasu

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I'm a solo skater; the sport can be lonely. Mirai Nagasu

Lonely Solo Sport Skater

As a kid growing up, I didn't want to tell any of my classmates I did figure-skating because I knew they'd be like, 'Oh, you're a skater, you're gay, blah blah blah.' So I kept it to myself. Once I started getting to more of an elite level, I didn't really care what people thought, though. Nathan Chen

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Ever since I was a younger skater, I've been working my way to these big jumps. Nathan Chen

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