#skating

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. ↗

— Jennifer Aniston

#audition #became #dad #extra #i

There were no competitions on television. The first skating competition I ever remember seeing on television was the 1968 Olympics when Peggy Fleming won. ↗

— Dorothy Hamill

#competitions #ever #first #fleming #i

The problem with winter sports is that -- follow me closely here -- they generally take place in winter. ↗

— Dave Barry

#humor #ice-fishing #ice-skating #skiing #snow-camping

Growing up as an athlete, I started skating very young. My parents didn't know anything about the sport, so they went with the flow. I had two great coaches who gave great advice and gave guidelines for my parents. My parents let the coaches dictate what was going on on the ice. ↗

— Kristi Yamaguchi

#advice #anything #athlete #coaches #dictate

The most important thing about skating is that it teaches you to do the things you should do before you do the things you want to do. ↗

— Barbara Ann Scott

#before #important #important thing #most #should

I started out Ice skating with Holiday On Ice and just got offered the part of R2 by chance. ↗

— Kenny Baker

#got #holiday #i #ice #just

Hurricane Katrina exposed the harsh reality that we have been skating on thin ice when it comes to this country's energy concentrations on the Gulf Coast. ↗

— Pete Domenici

#coast #comes #concentrations #country #energy

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. ↗

— Brian Boitano

#doing #elements #everyone #exactly #free

That's what amateur skating is about, technical expertise, and it should always stay that way. ↗

— Brian Boitano

#always #amateur #expertise #should #skating

Skating has always been a major area of interest to me. ↗

— Sasha Cohen

#area #been #interest #major #me