#skate

I actually prefer soothing music - and maybe that's the skater in me. ↗

— Michelle Kwan

#i #maybe #me #music #prefer

I always thought after 2002 that I'd hang up my skates and turn professional and just go on tour and do shows. But I don't know when it is enough. I mean, I still enjoy it. I'm the luckiest girl alive that I get to perform in front of thousands of people, do what I love doing. ↗

— Michelle Kwan

#alive #always #doing #enjoy #enough

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. ↗

— Michelle Kwan

#big #day #every #every day #excited

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. ↗

— Michelle Kwan

#always #because #come #competition #crying

You can't play hockey with a bald spot, so I'm hanging up the skates. ↗

— Joe Sakic

#hanging #hockey #i #play #skates

You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast. ↗

— Junior Seau

#beast #becomes #him #hockey #hockey player

For me, skateboarding is a lifestyle. I really don't know anything different. My life revolves around skating. If I wasn't a professional skateboarder, I'd still be skating every day. ↗

— Ryan Sheckler

#around #day #different #every #every day

So I majored in Drama, did all the plays that were possible to do, skated through school in order to be in every production on stage or backstage in whatever capacity and I came to New York looking for work in the summers. ↗

— Linda Lavin

#came #capacity #did #drama #every

Proposals to forbid golf courses have about the same motivations as proposals to forbid skate boarding, although the rationalizations are different. ↗

— John McCarthy

#although #boarding #courses #different #forbid

Brianna dropped the skateboard in front of Sam. "Don't worry: I won't let you fall off." "Yeah? Then why did you bring the helmet?" Brianna tossed it to him. "In case you fall off. ↗

— Michael Grant

#humor #safety #skateboarding #humor