Professional Skating Quotes

I've never been invited to do 'Stars on Ice' before, which is the only figure skating tour in the U.S., and it's disappointing that I can't perform for my American fans... all because I'm not 'family friendly' enough.

I watch a lot of professional skating, and I am really looking forward to going to nationals.

I skate all the time, but it's silly for me to do contests when MTV is giving me a boatload of money.

My skating career won't last forever.

I've always wanted to skate. If and when I decide to retire... I want to perform. I want to be on the ice. I want to continue contributing to the sport. I feel like I still have a lot to offer.

Skating was put on the map, supposedly from me Everybody made a life and a livelihood, um, except me.

Figure skaters are usually young and then just fade away. But I'm not a fade-away kind of person.

As soon as I was introduced to ice speed skating, I was instantly hooked. I never thought about pursuing skating professionally; I just enjoyed doing it.

Kat and I were in our 20s when we won in '88. Our personalities were already established. We were ready to move on to a life of professional skating.

I'm doing 'Dancing on Ice' and I'm just exhausted.

I have been performing and touring and doing shows all over the world. But it's really something special to get back on the U.S. cast of 'Stars on Ice.' It's something I let go because of family commitments.

I stopped amateur skating competitively when I was 15.

I sometimes think about adult skating and how, you know, people like Midori Ito, she competed at the adult world championships. I feel like I'll probably be someone like that.

If I had never won a single medal, I'd still be skating in a rink somewhere. There wouldn't be an audience or camera flashes or autograph seekers, but I'd still be skating.

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.

I skated in ice shows all over Europe and South Africa for 20 years. I love to ice skate.