Skating Ability Quotes

I have always believed that I've been an amazing skater regardless of what the results say.

Despite the usual idea of a figure skater, I have no rhythm when it comes to even walking off the ice. I fall off curbs all the time.

In the '80s, when Gretzky came to the World Championships in the second or third game, you'd see this guy skating circles around the other ones. Unbelievable.

The skill set for hockey is so specific to skating and if you haven't been skating as a kid it's impossible to play - and I wasn't a skater.

Skating everywhere is unpredictable, no amount of money or facilities is going to create a skating star. You have to have a skater who is dedicated, passionate, and willing to learn.

I think the thing you always got to keep in mind, you know, hockey is a game of one-on-one battles.

Honestly, the best skater that I've seen who raps is Tyler, The Creator. He really can skate... He's legit.

I know exactly what I'm doing on the ice, and I'm in my element.

I like to have the puck when I have speed. You know, then I'm dangerous.

I was a natural skater, but I also took private lessons to enhance my skills.

I've been watching the growth of Auston Matthews, for instance. If he were playing 20 years ago, we'd be saying he's Mario Lemieux-like. He's 6-foot-5. He skates great. He's got unbelievable hands and a hockey IQ.

I love figure skating. It's what I'm good at.

A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.

Our four defensemen all had flaws: one couldn't skate backwards, one couldn't turn to his left, one couldn't turn to his right, and the fourth couldn't pass the puck accurately to our blue line. Somebody had to clear the loose pucks, so I started doing it myself.

I was a really good ice hockey player when I was a kid. Now in the aftermath I think I wasn't maybe big enough, and I couldn't have put on enough muscle to actually be able to play with the better guys, but I was a really good skater.

If Colleen Howe had been a hockey player, she would have been a centremen. I can see her as a centreman because you can do what you want and go wherever you want to go.

My hockey is good, but my ice skating is terrible. It's a bit of a mess to watch!

Let's put it this way: I would consider my skiing ability to be far superior to my skating ability. And, in fact, my 10-year-old grandson, who's a AAA squirt, can skate circles around me.

To me, the make-up of a modern defenseman, the No. 1 thing is the processing skills.

When you play hockey, you don't have any fear. As soon as you step on the ice everything goes away and you're focusing on the puck and focusing on the play.

Stacy had this more fluid style. You meet him, he's just such a nice guy. Tony's an awesome guy too, but back then, he was a real aggressive kid and they were in such a different place. Stacy was so sensitive and at the same time so competitive when it came to his skating.

Skating is one of those sports you unfortunately see people get stuck in.

When I first went into the senior game I was more of an attaching player to begin with.

I myself feel that I'm a well-rounded player and got a lot better defensively and without the puck as time has gone on.

I was a right-winger, but I was all over the ice.