Skating Competition 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.

I remember watching the 2002 Olympic Games and watching the men's event. I just started figure skating, and I remember thinking how cool it would be to be there.

At the end of the day, I could go back to getting sixth or seventh place and being a mediocre skater, or I could be a champion. I want to be a champion.

I started skating when I was five years old in Pasadena, California.

I love skating. It's part of my life, and I never wanted to give it up.

I think doing a quint is very, very difficult.

We're so excited to skate in a Canadian market.

Once I landed the triple Salchow, I put it in the program. First landed triple toe, straight into the program. That's what I did with my quad suite.

I could sit here in the tribunes and watch Michelle Kwan skate for hours.

I watch a lot of professional skating, and I am really looking forward to going to nationals.

I've skated after Yuzu a handful of times. The only thing I can take away from it is to be prepared for the Pooh-bears to be raining down from the audience.

I remember my first World Championships. I got zero turns, and I got turned multiple times, and I was still a World Champion.

Skating is a very beautiful sport, and I love watching new programs.

Skating in itself is a difficult sport, and the amazing athletes within the sport are very challenging.

If, by any chance, I get to perform, then it would be a great honor for me. Especially because performing in the Olympics in your country doesn't happen to many skaters.

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.

I want to be the first lady to land a quadruple jump in competition. As I grow older, I know that my skating style will develop and mature.

I want all the gold that there is out there — everything that exists in figure skating. In all events, in all competitions.

My dad usually never has time for my skating, which is OK because they have to make a living somehow. For them to put their business on hold and come all the way to Korea to watch me skate - especially my dad - he feels responsible not just for my mom and for himself, but there are a lot of people who work there, too.

I'm an ice skater. I'm all about the glitter.

I started skating at age 2 on roller skates on the South Side of Chicago, where I grew up. By age 4, roller-skating was something I really enjoyed. Everyone around me wanted to do the 'roll bounce' thing, but I was pretty much only interested in going fast.

There's a lot of emotions that always come out after a skate of a lifetime. I always start crying because there is so much buildup to that competition.

I want to be a full-package skater.

I loved rollerskating when I was younger.

The main thing for me now is figure skating, which I intend to devote more than one year.