It was a long period of time where I tried to figure out what worked, what didn't work.
Figure skating is theatrical, and a part of it is wearing costumes. My costumes were very over-the-top and outrageous for figure skating. But for me, it's all beautiful. Even when nobody else believed they were beautiful, I felt beautiful in them.
Figure skating is a bit dated - it's like that tweed jacket you pull out of the back of your closet from time to time, and I'm going to try to Chanel it up a little bit.
There are a couple of projects that are sort of on the plate; I haven't closed any of them yet. I'm trying to figure out which one is going to be the best one for me.
I'd love to talk to Angelina Jolie. On my show I would love her because she's a mysterious, mysterious figure.
She's a fighter, and she does the long program well, so we'll see how it turns out. And in figure skating, it's never over until the fat lady sings.
When I was skating you had to participate in every thing.
Always looked up to Brian and his skating, I loved his skating and what he had done for the sport. And the triple axel, that was the thing, and I wanted a triple axel.
Just a whole different style, just a whole different way of going about an audience and a way about skating. And they are so brilliant in their own way, which is great, and that's what Brian was saying; is the styles are different, and it's the whole mentality.
There were no competitions on television. The first skating competition I ever remember seeing on television was the 1968 Olympics when Peggy Fleming won.
My skating is a very emotional thing that comes from the heart, never doing it for the medal.
I love skating so much and I feel like every time I step out onto the ice, that's what I'm meant to do.
I don't have a no-trade clause. I figure someone is going to pick me up.
By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.
If you're skating on thin ice, you might as well dance.
Listen," Mac interrupted, "you still have to knock it out of the park. But it's a degree-of-difficulty thing. You're doing a triple lutz and she's skating. You're the Sasha Cohen here.
Cardio is tough after a day of skating, but with my iPod I can get into the moment and complete the cardio training for the day.
I think what every skater dreams of is not only skating the best program they can possibly skate, but, y'know, having the crowd roar at the end, and it was just so loud I couldn't even hear my music.
I started skating because I loved it. I started when I was three and I didn't know all the sacrifices and all the hardships and how difficult day-in and day-out it would be.
Tallulah [Bankhead] is always skating on thin ice. Everyone wants to be there when it breaks.
Skating is what got me into punk rock.
It's a hard process to navigate... to figure out where your kid ought to go to college.
I continued a legacy of great skating from this country and I was able to capitalize on the reputation of the Canadian skaters that came before me. I especially mean Brian Orser.
I love how my sport reaches out to people with the music and story lines, the glory of standing up for three or four minutes of tough, arduous, gravity-defying skating and all the stuff that goes with it.
Sometimes my skating allows me to do things I never dreamed possible.