Ice Dancing Quotes

I've never been invited to do 'Stars on Ice' before, which is the only figure skating tour in the U.S., and it's disappointing that I can't perform for my American fans... all because I'm not 'family friendly' enough.

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.

When I was young, many people didn't know what figure skating was. Some who knew of it thought of it as dancing on ice. But, as I entered international competitions and got good results, many people got to know more about it and came to cheer for me.

Figure skating is an unlikely Olympic event but its good television. It's sort of a combination of gymnastics and ballet. A little sexy too which doesn't hurt.

I would love nothing more than to become a professional ice skater, but I would rather do it privately.

I still have so much passion to perform... That's who Johnny Weir is: I'm a figure skater, I'm an athlete. I want to have fun and enjoy it.

I can't dance on ice, because I'm like Bambi on ice.

What we portray on the ice is really important to us, and we love getting into character and telling a story.

At 6 years old, the ice became a place for me to express myself. Because I was so shy off the ice, it became my safe haven, with music and freedom and self-expression. That was my emotional outlet.

At nine years old, I was presented an opportunity to move to Toronto to train for pairs dancing. As soon as I heard that that's what it entailed, I was out of there. It's like a past life. I hung up my skates and never looked back.

I've always wanted to skate. If and when I decide to retire... I want to perform. I want to be on the ice. I want to continue contributing to the sport. I feel like I still have a lot to offer.

For relaxation, I like to figure skate. Being on the ice and spinning and jumping, I feel very close to nature. In particular, I feel very close to Newton's laws of motion. On the ice, you can experience Newton's laws of motion in their purest, most elegant form.

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.

Years ago, I picked up figure skating. How hard could spins and jumps be, I thought? It's just applied Newtonian physics. After repeatedly falling on my rear end, I realized it was harder than I thought. But it had an upside. That is how I met my wife, who was ice dancing at the Rockefeller Center ice rink.

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

As an ice dancer, we take our on-ice relationships so seriously, and that's really the way we like to go about it.

'Swan Lake' was my favourite piece of music when I was younger, and I never had a chance to skate to it.

Figure skating is theatrical. It's artistic. It's elegant. It's extremely athletic. And there's a very specific audience for that.

We're always up for a bit of romance on ice.

My big break occurred when I was six years old and met Scott Moir.

Classic music will always come across better on the ice because skating has such a rich history, rooted in tradition.

My mom choreographed the top Olympians; she's really the queen of ice in her world, so I kind of get my directorial bug from her because she's really good at telling people what to do!

Figure skating is not a hobby. It's my work, which I want to do, and do well.

To me, figure skating is an art form, and that's what I always try to bring in, even to my competitive programs.

Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.