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My mother introduced me to many different things, and figure skating was one of them. I just thought that it was magical having to glide across the ice. ↗

— Debi Thomas

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What was really funny is that as I got older all those guys who called me a sissy in junior high school wanted me to be their best friend because they wanted to meet all the girls that I knew in figure skating. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

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Ice dance should not be seen as a rigid conformist form of figure skating. There is a great deal of freedom and originality to be had. ↗

— Robin Cousins

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Skating is big in Chicago. There's a lot of hockey; a lot of the boys play hockey. And figure skating is big. ↗

— Joan Cusack

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When I was younger, I always dreamed of being a legend, to be remembered in figure skating. ↗

— Michelle Kwan

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Probably the '86 nationals. That was my first real national title and first real statement I ever made in figure skating, and my life changed after I returned. ↗

— Debi Thomas

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I think for me it was a natural transition to move full time into acting rather than figure skating. ↗

— Julie Benz

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Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport. ↗

— Katarina Witt

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And so figure skating was a great vehicle for me to kind of be competitive at something, without having to be big. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

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And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well. ↗