Skating is big in Chicago. There's a lot of hockey; a lot of the boys play hockey. And figure skating is big.
My dad became a soap opera actor, and I was an extra in a skating rink scene on the soap. I didn't audition. It was nepotism all the way.
I started skating when I was five years old in Pasadena, California.
I roller skated when I was younger, but when you're on a track that's slanted and you're with other people all skating in a pack, it's a whole different sport.
I love skating. It's part of my life, and I never wanted to give it up.
I've never been ice skating, ever. I'm traumatized by the idea of it.
I've always had a passion for hockey, ... That's the key. You can't be putting in time. You have to enjoy doing what you do.
I'd never gone as a kid to an ice rink. There was always that fear that I'd break my leg and it would affect my career.
We're so excited to skate in a Canadian market.
I love to roller skate.
You know what's good? Going on the ice and knowing that you don't have to skate when the whistle blows. All my life I've been the one skating.
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.
It's nice to go skating in a parking lot and hang out with people who aren't talking about their next movie role.
Basketball would have been the natural sport to play, but it's a little too aggressive for me, so instead I dabbled in volleyball and some good old-fashioned Roller Derby.
I'm back in Boston. I own an outdoor deck hockey rink, and I own a boxing gym here also.
I've been skating since I was 10 years old.
Skating in itself is a difficult sport, and the amazing athletes within the sport are very challenging.
I really wanted to play hockey. My mom thought figure skates looked easier to use, so she put me in the learn-to-skate program.
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.
I'm most comfortable definitely when I'm on the ice. I love to play. It's something that I just love to do.
I was terrible when I first started skating and was clinging onto the side for dear life, but it's something I'll always have now, and the tour is always so much fun.
I used to skate around the rink with my mom, and we used to race each other until I started getting way better. Then she hung up her skates and resorted to playing my music at the rink.
I began skating in the official practice venue of the 2002 Games. It was a huge Olympic atmosphere with Apollo Ohno sitting on the wall every day when I walked into the rink. That was really cool and very inspiring to see.
I don't really remember a time younger than 5 years old that I didn't have skates on because all I can remember is every day, tying up my skates and a big smile on my face, excited to go on the ice.
