Skating takes up 70 percent of my time, school about 25 percent. Having fun and talking to my friends, 5 percent. It's hard. I envy other kids a lot of things, but I get a guilt trip when I'm not training. Michelle Kwan
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
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
So the programs all start to all look the same. I watched one free skating competition, and I thought I was watching a short program. Everyone was doing exactly the same elements.Brian Boitano
That's what really makes great skating competitions. When you have two top skaters in good form giving superb performances. Dick Button
The past couple years training with Kurt have really brought inspiration into my skating. Kristi Yamaguchi
The skating community is very fickle. And with me, they're especially fickle for whatever reason. Maybe I bring it on myself, but if you don't prove yourself and you don't skate consistently, then they can very easily write you off and bring somebody from behind you and put them in your place. Johnny Weir
There were no competitions on television. The first skating competition I ever remember seeing on television was the 1968 Olympics when Peggy Fleming won. Dorothy Hamill
This is something I've always wanted to do- to skate through a part of New York City that thousands of people ride through every week, feeling the energy of one of the original stomping grounds of street skating. Ryan Sheckler
To me, figure skating is an art form, and that's what I always try to bring in, even to my competitive programs. Johnny Weir
Vancouver is an amazing city and luckily, growing up in the Seattle area, I was able to immerse myself into the culture at a young age, traveling back and forth across the border for skating competitions as a youngster. Apolo Ohno
What I love the most is getting on the ice and just popping in a fabulous CD and skating - all by myself, the rink completely empty, just me and the music. Michelle Kwan
When I was skating I felt I represented not just my family and the people who helped me make it to that point, but also New York and the country. Sarah Hughes
When I was younger, I always dreamed of being a legend, to be remembered in figure skating. Michelle Kwan