I've always wanted to make a music video with skating and different imagery, something very artistic. Johnny Weir
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
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
In group lesson number six I think we learned how to turn backwards and then just kind of wiggle. That wasn't really skating backward, but I guess I was going in the right direction. Dorothy Hamill
Kat and I were in our 20s when we won in '88. Our personalities were already established. We were ready to move on to a life of professional skating. Brian Boitano
Music is fun, but I'm an ice skater. I may sing songs and do shows, make movies and other things... that's all well and good and I enjoy it, and I would never trade any of those for anything. But figure skating is who I am. Johnny Weir
My life has always been compartmentalized into different aspects. I have my speed skating Olympic pursuits, I have my personal life and have my business life and have my entertainment - TV - Hollywood - whatever have you - always compartmentalizing every aspect of my life. Apolo Ohno
My life path has been a blessing and a great learning experience. Skateboarding is my passion and I don't see that changing. When I'm not skating, I love to surf. I'm open to the new experiences and opportunities. Ryan Sheckler
My mother introduced me to many different things, and figure skating was one of them. I just thought that it was magical having to glide across the ice Debi Thomas
My mother stopped working when she had my brother. She was a full time mom until I started getting heavily into ice skating lessons, and it got to the point where they really needed my mom to earn an income. Dorothy Hamill
My skating is a very emotional thing that comes from the heart, never doing it for the medal. Debi Thomas
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
One thing I like about boxing is that I will not have to deal with the same kind of politics that I had to in skating. In boxing, it is not about your appearance, or how your costume looks, what color it is, or how much it costs. Tonya Harding
Pairs skating and singles are two different things. Although some skaters have achieved this successfully, it is a very difficult transition. You're looking at double work. Oksana Baiul
Probably the '86 nationals. That was my first real national title and first real statement I ever made in figure skating, and my life changed after I returned. Debi Thomas