"I was passionate. I found something that I loved. I could be all alone in a big old skating rink and nobody could get near me and I didn't have to talk to anybody because of my shyness. It was great. I was in my fantasy world."

--

Source : "Gold Medal Figure Skater". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 17, 2000.

Dorothy Hamill

#Motivational Quotes #Athlete Quotes #Skating Quotes

“You don't have to fight against being placed in a box any more than the number two has to fight against being the number three. I mean, two is not going to be the number three, ever.”

Source : Interview with Ken Plume, asitecalledfred.com. May 2003.
“The philosophy has always been pretty clean and straightforward which is if I see something that I like and I can see its value to the audience, its value to me, then I'm going to take my shot at it, regardless of the genre.”
“Saying and doing are two things.”
“A free culture is not a culture without property; it is not a culture in which artists don't get paid.”
“Actually, my friendships are changing because my friends have kids, so that's a new aspect to the material. Not just that I don't want to have kids, it's that I'm having a hard time relating to people I know.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“She was like a heroine in a novel that she herself was writing the character kept protesting that she was too strong for love and yet the narrator went on describing her desire.”
“In art, religion, and politics the respect must be mutual, no matter how violent the disagreement.”

Source : Vincent Price (2016). “I Like What I Know: A Visual Autobiography”, p.271, Open Road Media
“Hillary Clinton is now driving from New York to Iowa. It's been called the least-exciting spring break trip in history.”

You may also like:

Andy Dick
Comedian
Katarina Witt
Figure Skater
Kristi Yamaguchi
Figure Skater
Michelle Kwan
Figure Skater
Nancy Kerrigan
Figure Skater
Peggy Fleming
Figure Skater
Scott Hamilton
Figure Skater
Tara Lipinski
Figure Skater
Tristan MacManus
Dancer