Skating Performance 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 think doing a quint is very, very difficult.

My Olympic moment from the individual event was that I was really able to enjoy my skating, and so that meant a lot to me, and I didn't portray that accurately.

I aim to skate as clean as possible.

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 do very scientific-based training. However, for skating, that's a little bit out of the ordinary. Many skaters base their off-ice training around plyometrics, whereas mine is very strength- and power-based.

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

When I was a kid, we lived in Italy, which isn't really known for figure skating. I think that's why I excelled so well. I spent a lot of my high school years training.

Largely, I began skating because I wanted stuff to do outside of school. My mom decided to put me into figure skating.

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

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

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.

I don't necessarily always feel happy when I'm skating.

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.

Being able to land all the quads, especially doing them all in one program, is mentally huge.

I was a little tiger. I loved skating. You couldn't get me out of my skates. As many times as I could go to the rink, I was there.

I like to skate on the other side of the ice.

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

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.

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

To me, skating should look effortless even when you're doing the hardest of elements.

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.

And still I'm not completely happy with my skating. I always feel I can do more and climb higher.

I wasn't a great skater and I needed my skates to be perfect - really tight around the ankles. But I couldn't break in new ones because my feet would hurt so much. I wore a size 9 shoe and a 6.5 skate - my foot was really crunched.