Figure skating quotes

[ioanav88]

Un thread cu citate despre patinaj/ patinatori sau apartinand patinatorilor:P
'I need a hug'
- Kurt browning after his 1994 Olympic Short program

"The harder the training, the better the results. When the ice is bad and the bus to the rink is late, that only makes you stronger physically."

"At some time, you realize you have everything in skating, and now you must skate for the people and take that role more seriously. That is how I feel."
Alexei Yagudin
"My mother will never leave me. We're together. She will always stay in my heart."
- Oksana Baiul

"Of course I want to skate well. Competition is very important to me, but fans are important too. If I skate well then I make the fans happy and I make myself happy. Everybody is happy."
Evgheny Plushenko

[alyosha_87]

"I'd like someone who will take care of me, sit with me, and watch TV. ha! I'm making her sound like a baby sitter!"

"I like to skate fast. I like to drive fast. I mean, that's my personality"

"If I could change one thing in the world, I would make everyone understand what it's like to fall 100 times, and stand when most needed" (preferata mea :D)
Alexei Yagudin

“A little more speed, a little more passion. I was very tired at the end, tripping over myself in the straight-line footwork.” Johhny Weir

I'm very princessy as far as travel is concerned, I hate carrying my own luggage' JOhhny Weir ( :happy)

[ioanav88]

ultimul citat e super, johnny asta ...
"If I perform, I want to deliver the best I have."
Katarina Witt

[Iulya]

Alexei "When you train on bad ice, it becomes easier when you compete on good ice."

Evgeni: "I skate for the fans. It's not as fun without them there supporting me. I get energy from them and I want to skate well for them. They relax me. They make me happy when I skate for them."

Johnny “Figure skating is an amazing ride. It takes you from feeling like the lowest scum in the pond, like two hours ago. And now I feel like a flower growing out of the pond.”

Brian: “Now you can win without a quad, and that doesn't seem right.”


Katarina Witt "It's hard work to make a four-minute program look effortless and elegant."
"It tells you have to work hard to earn your success. If you are willing to do that and you have passion for it, you can achieve something wonderful. "

[irinaidu]

" my critics can eat it " - johnny!!!!
" if i won a medal at the olympics i would pee " - johnny

[skater girl]

gr8 idea,ioana!!:ok: i shall look for some interesting quotes:P !!but for now i can tell u one;) :"luck is a divident of sweat.the more u sweat the luckier u get!!":D
and another one:this is my first medal,it's the most beautiful-and it is not the last!:cheer: (2005-after wolds)-stephane lambiel(both quotes):D

[whisper]

Buna idee Ioana!:ok:

[peirsolgirl]

" Call me crazy, but I talk to God" Oksana Baiul

[flying_dreamz]

"If I could change one thing in the world, I would make everyone understand what it's like to fall 100 times, and stand when most needed" (preferata mea :D)
Alexei Yagudin

I'm very princessy as far as travel is concerned, I hate carrying my own luggage' JOhhny Weir ( :happy)

prima si mie imi place!!! la a doua nu pot sa spun decat::happy

[ioanav88]

Dorothy Hamill
* "I wasn't particularly athletic or gifted, but I loved it. I'd be at the skating rink all day long, just skating around and around. I could be all alone and nobody could get near me and I didn't have to talk to anybody. I was in my fantasy world."
* "I worked as hard as I could. I was always the first one on the ice and the last one off."

[skater girl]

cand vine vorba de quotations,apelez la steph - un izvor nesecat de idei;(super tari):rock:
It’s true but this is what a competition is about. We all want to win. We all want our medals. And then I was very anxious to show what I was, eager to demonstrate that I was strong, because since after the decision to go to Tokyo I knew I was able to compete and produce a good performance over there. And my fall during the short programme enraged me and gave me an impetus to plunge into a battle during the long programme.

A sportsman needs to be a masochist to a certain extent if he wants to be a high level sportman. If you don’t like to suffer, you are unlikely to go far. And you could ask it so many other sportsmen. You need to suffer in order to succeed. Now I am not a masochist in the sense that I am not “bleeding” during my practice. However it’s necessary to work and it’s evident.

One mustn’t give up, I think. The main principle of a high level sportsman is that whatever happens, you shouldn’t be afraid to work. Should not be afraid of defeat, and it’s simply necessary to struggle through, day in day out.

CONCLUZIA:omul asta e prea inteligent:D pt un sportiv(nici nu ma indoiam,desigur):cheer:

[ioanav88]

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"That is why I was working to get the Olympic title. It all pays off. You have a dinner and you get the dessert at the end. I am getting the dessert."
"Everyone has their something special"

[alyosha_87]

awww..ce imi place ultimul :D true,true :D

[ioanav88]

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"One minute can decide everything in your life."

"Whatever you do in this life is not for yourself. It's not always about yourself. It's for other people."

[Iulya]

Without strength and courage it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you're alone on the ice and you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself.

I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal.

I just try to touch people's hearts in a way through skating, so they're not just witnessing a performance, they're feeling a performance and they're a part of it.

I try to remember that today is special, and that tomorrow is going to be a lot different.

What was really funny is that as I got older all those guys who called me a sissy in junior high school wanted me to be their best friend because they wanted to meet all the girls that I knew in figure skating.
Scott Hamilton

[ioanav88]

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Competitive skaters must be prepared for lots of work, challenges, self-discipline, and motivation. The desire must be there, but more importantly, you're love for the sport.

I like to listen to different kinds of music - it just depends on my mood. I love Madonna, Russian singers... I like the Rolling Stones a lot!


I wish I could say it's easy, but honestly, to get ready for a big championship is not as easy as it seems.

[whisper]

Nu stiu daca am retinut bine..insa am vazut intr-o semnatura un citat din :D Johnny Weir: "Alexei was heart.Brian is brain." Imi place ff mult...

[irinaidu]

si johnny e totaly insane dar si totally adorable !!! eu inteleg exact ce vrea sa zica citatul, dar totusi e f amuzant sa citesc ca brian e creierul. de multe ori de altfel scriu brain in loc de brian :P

[whisper]

Da si mie mi-a placut cand am citit..are perfecta dreptate :)
Nu ca Alexei nu ar fi si brain sau ca Brian nu ar avea heart ;)

[irinaidu]

nu, bineinteles ca nu. dar asa e cand ii vezi pe gheata. la alexei aveai senzatia ca poti sa vezi ce simte si la brian ce gandeste.

[whisper]

Mai ales la Alexei are asa multa dreptate..la fel ca si tine...da intr-adevar...la Brian..se stie de obicei ca se gandeste ca el e cel mai bun ;)
Tin minte o faza de la JO de anu trecut..tare..cu Brian care zicea(cel putin asa au spus comentatorii) Ca il poate bate pe Plushy,ca nu e mult mai bun k el :)

[irinaidu]

da brian a zis mereu ca e cel mai bun. de altfel l-am auzit si pe tomas si cu siguranta pe plushy spunand ca sunt cei mai buni.
dar mie asta mi se pare normal. cred ca in sport daca tu nu crezi in primul rand ca esti cel mai bun si intri pe gheata ( teren de tenis sau orice altceva ) cu ideea ca esti asa si asa, nu vei reusi.

[whisper]

Da asa e :)

[Iulya]

The only disability in life is a bad attitude. ~Scott Hamilton

[Iulya]

Tomas Verner:
"At the beginning of the competition I was offended because on eurosport they said Lambiel and Joubert will be fighting for the title, any word about me. So I had to show them."

Brian Joubert:
" I don’t like to be third, I want to be first, that’s it"
But psychological games are going on…
"Yes, at practice, in the hotel, everywhere. It’s really like a game"


Stephane Lambiel:
" I don’t think I have to explain anything, you could see what I did. "

[whisper]

Quotes from the pairs after the free program


By Helga Dobor


Laura Maggiteri – Ondrej Hotarek (ITA)

Are you satisfied with your program?

Laura Maggiteri : We just went on the ice and I felt I had no power.

Until l ast week we did it. We were a little tired and I jumped little strange that gave him a problem having me on the shoulder and we couldn’t do it. But it was only one competitions and another time we will show it.




Yuko Kawaguchi – Alexander Smirnov (RUS) bronze

Alexander Smirnov : I don’t want to comment.

Yuko Kawaguchi: Lately we always skated first in our group, so this made no difference. Now we just have to sit back, watch and wait for the others to skate. There is nothing else we can do.

You landed the quad…

Yuko Kawaguchi: Yes. We were trying it on almost every competition and I’m happy we landed it here at the Europeans Championships.


Before the medal ceremony:

Alexander Smirnov : After our performance I didn’t expect to medal at all. I was very upset, because I didn’t do my job at all tonight, not even at 50 percent.



Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov (RUS) silver

Maxim Trankov: We feel very drained from our performance. We skated very badly; we had problems with the jump because it w asn’t so powerful. I don’t know what was wrong but we have just medalled and that’s the important. To be in the top three in our debut at Europeans is not bad!

Congratulations to your results!

Maxim Trankov: Thank you very much!


Aliona Savchenko – Robin Szolkowy (GER) gold

Robin Szolkowy : I am not totally pleased as I didn’t do my triple Salchow. Overall I wasn’t so pleased with the solo jumps, I made a few mistakes. But the performance was quite good tonight. We have a lot to do before Worlds. Our main rivals will come from China and Russia.

Aliona Savchenko : I felt heavy on the ice. I told myself I can do this and I stood up. But I can’t say right now that I’m really happy, maybe tomorrow I will be.

[Tracoromana]

Alexei Yagudin : "I consider Russian people as the most talented people in the world, most inventive, humorous..." 15.02.2008

[alyosha_87]

well, it's true ;) :D
el e un exemplu viu a ceea ce a spus

[ioana11]

La CoR in 2006 cand o tipa ii ia un interviu lui Brian il intreaba daca isi explica de ce are asa multe fane iar el raspunde"well, maybe they like my face,maybe they like my body or maybe they like my skating"

[alyosha_87]

oh da...citatul cu "the face" e mortal :cry:
sigur, Brian - la fata se uita fanele :rolleyes:

[irinaidu]

da, e f tare citatul ala ioana.
si mi-a placut tot acum dupa helsinki cand i-au dat aia de la nokia cu tel nou si el a zis - doar de asta am venit la helsinki sa imi schimb telefonul.