When I watch my skating when I was younger, I definitely see all this balletic movement and this artistry come through.
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.
I was an ambidextrous child, and the symmetry of roller skating was a welcome respite from my awkwardness with physical activities that involved a ball or a racket.
Figure skating is an unlikely Olympic event but its good television. It's sort of a combination of gymnastics and ballet. A little sexy too which doesn't hurt.
I was more interested in skating and the girls and traveling than I was in calculus.
I don't think the demographic for skating really entails a lot of basketball watching.
I get to see the different sides of skating now which involves not only competing, but entertainment.
I always loved skating but you can get hardened by it and it's discouraging and disheartening.
Apolo is going to have to keep skating so he can add more gold to his entourage.
Even now I can't describe why I love skating so much.
The scenes in 'The Virgin Suicides' where Elle Fanning is ice skating are really amazing.
I was really, really, really feminine and really into cheerleading and really into figure skating and really into gymnastics. Really into everything that other boys weren't.
And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well.
Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges.
Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart.
I am proud to be a first-generation Chinese-American in the sport of figure skating.
Largely, I began skating because I wanted stuff to do outside of school. My mom decided to put me into figure skating.
I really like figure skating.
When I was younger, I always dreamed of being a legend, to be remembered in figure skating.
I would just love to be able to give back to figure skating.
