I am an American man, and in America, we still think of figure skaters as little girls in pretty, sparkly dresses - I worked very hard to change the perception and image of figure skating, and I think I've done a great job on my end, but in figure skating, taste needs to evolve.
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Related The popularity of figure skating has increased tremendously, and Koreans have a huge interest in fig... KIM YUNA I think growing up in skating, I was surrounded by the LGBT community, so I grew up very aware becau... ASHLEY WAGNER Figure skating is theatrical, and a part of it is wearing costumes. My costumes were very over-the-t... JOHNNY WEIR I love figure skating and what I am able to express creatively. I want to leave a legacy in the spor... PATRICK CHAN I think you learn how to fall well when you're figure skating. Your reflexes are very acute. JUD TYLOR To me, figure skating is an art form, and that's what I always try to bring in, even to my compe... JOHNNY WEIR When I was younger, I always dreamed of being a legend, to be remembered in figure skating. MICHELLE KWAN Figure skating has been a great influence for me. I took dance at the School of American Ballet, whi... VERA WANG Figure skating is not a hobby. It's my work, which I want to do, and do well. ADELINA SOTNIKOVA U.S. Figure Skating is thrilled to bring this international event back to Colorado Springs. The city... RON HERSHBERGER I think 'American Idol' wins, except during the finals of the figure skating, if the U.S. is doing w... STEVE STERNBERG Actually, I learned to skate when I was 3, but didn't get interested in figure skating until I was 6... JILL VARGO Figure skating can have some pretty frightening costumes. SANDRA BEZIC We'll figure something out even if we have to have bake sales. I can see kids skating, in my mind, i... DANNETTEE SHOEMAKER Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport. KATARINA WITT Yes, I am the Olympic champion, but this is not the end of it. I want all the gold that there is out... ADELINA SOTNIKOVA I've never been invited to do 'Stars on Ice' before, which is the only figure skating to... JOHNNY WEIR It was always so nice to step away from figure skating and school with hockey. To this day I'm s... CHARLIE WHITE I think Joe Jackson is a great American figure. In my opinion, he became a scapegoat. D. B. SWEENEY With every year that passes, I get further away from my target audience, and while I've been hap... ANTHONY HOROWITZ Now for the first time in my life, I see Israel really interested in figure skating, not only ice da... ROMAN ZARETSKI Unbeatable, I would like to believe they're unbeatable. But figure skating depends on many things - ... OLEG VASILIEV Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges. SCOTT HAMILTON I attended public school in Houston. I took piano lessons for several years, and in high school, I p... ROBERT WOODROW WILSON In figure skating, your body can only last for so long. I can't be 50 and trying to skate but I ... JOHNNY WEIR Although I am a public figure, I'm still a little shy. I don't think my own personality is i... JOSHUA LEDERBERG I just cash in on the fact that I'm good looking, and I've got a nice figure and girls like ... SID VICIOUS If the skating one day will end, we're still going to go on. We're still going to figure out somethi... DENIS PETUKHOV We have girls on our team who want to skate in [Saturday's] 5,000 meters. As of now, I do not. I don... ANNI FRIESINGER What if Tonya Harding were admitted back in U.S. figure skating? JAMES HASTIE A lot of people who watch figure skaters want us to look like pretty princesses. I want people to se... ASHLEY WAGNER I am always trying to figure God out so that I can figure Him in. But after a while I figure that I ... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH Figure skating is an unlikely Olympic event but its good television. It's sort of a combination ... ANDY ROONEY I never ever wanted to change my sport... Figure skating was my outlet, it was my breath, it was how... JOHNNY WEIR I know that I am the kind of person that gets a little bit more nervous than other skaters, but that... CAROLINA KOSTNER I figure if my kids are alive at the end of the day, I've done my job. ROSEANNE BARR Ice dance should not be seen as a rigid conformist form of figure skating. There is a great deal of ... ROBIN COUSINS Music is fun, but I'm an ice skater. I may sing songs and do shows, make movies and other things... JOHNNY WEIR I get on so well with lots of Scots, and a man who had a big influence on my career and was a great ... JIMMY HILL I got into figure skating for the art of it, as well as the sport, and how much I love it. And, you ... JOHNNY WEIR Nobody should specialize in a sport before puberty, with the exception of gymnastics, figure skating... TOMMI PAAVOLA When people look at figure skaters, they think of beauty and music. The guys' athletic prowess isn't... FRANK CARROLL It's figure skating. We just did our job at the Olympics. We did the best that we could ... We still... JAMIE SALE My mother introduced me to many different things, and figure skating was one of them. I just thought... DEBI THOMAS What was really funny is that as I got older all those guys who called me a sissy in junior high sch... SCOTT HAMILTON I know that, in hockey, the object of the game is simple in that you have to get the puck into the n... PATRICK CHAN It's hard to get everything working (in the beginning of the year). But I think we'll figure it out. BECCA ANDERSON Years ago, I picked up figure skating. How hard could spins and jumps be, I thought? It's just a... MICHIO KAKU Figure skating is an amazing ride. It takes you from feeling like the lowest scum in the pond, like ... JOHNNY WEIR I figure I basically am a ghost. I think we all are. JOHN ASTIN I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was ... VERA WANG Figure skating is theatrical. It's artistic. It's elegant. It's extremely athletic. And ... JOHNNY WEIR They say Einstein died while he was still trying to figure out gravity. I think I'm going to die... TOM DELONGE I'm young: I've lived my life in the public eye, and I've had to figure out how to do th... SELENA GOMEZ We've got the talent ... but we're still young and we're still learning. I figure in another couple ... JEFF LEWIS As to the number of novels I've abandoned... I shudder to think. I have thrown away five complet... MARK HADDON I pretty much figure a collar will do, but as time goes on, I'm hoping I learn how to throw a su... BLAKE ANDERSON As a chef, if I can taste something, I can basically figure out what's in it. KELIS I think Secretary Powell is an extraordinary figure and I think he's a very effective advocate, but ... NEWT GINGRICH I don't think we set that figure in concrete, RUPERT MURDOCH When I was young, many people didn't know what figure skating was. Some who knew of it thought o... KIM YUNA They are two great champions. I have beaten two of the best skaters in the world. I think every athl... ENRICO FABRIS Movies are a collaboration, I feel, so I didn't think of myself as an authoritative figure as mu... GIA COPPOLA I don't want to run around and look at a shot through a monitor. That doesn't improve what I... JOHNNY DEPP I entered swimming this year, ... Bill and I used to spend some of our time in Green Valley, Ariz. W... MAUREEN REYNOLDS I think he was such a magical figure, so compelling a figure, he inevitably drew the interest of ver... DAVID HALBERSTAM You ask why I'm fascinated by the human figure? As a human animal, I am interested in some of my... LUCIAN FREUD I'm not selfish. I am where I am because I have worked very hard and have always done my job. PABLO SANDOVAL Skating will always be a part of my life whether I am skating to compete or skating for recreation. MATT SAVOIE Without strength and courage it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international ... SCOTT HAMILTON I would like people to know me for who I am, especially since I think people have a very skewed imag... MARA WILSON I was skating with friends in my neighborhood, and then eventually I was invited to go to the skate ... TONY HAWK I've always wanted to be an action figure. JAKE LLOYD I'm always trying to figure out what my taste is, what my likes and dislikes are. BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD I don't know how we'll come out of the gate because we still have some things to figure out. But as ... DANTON BARTO Some skaters, they live for skating, and they are home-schooled. I'm very lucky my parents let m... ASHLEY WAGNER I haven't got the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a long list of prospecti... DAVID SEDARIS I'm essentially a humorist and, I think, a pretty good one. I've known all along that 'M... DERF I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Russian women are not very good for figure skating. They are good for building rail tracks in Siberi... ALEXEI MISHIN I have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I But I love the idea - whether it's in my work or where I live - exploring new frontier, and I li... MADONNA CICCONE I am at piece with my decision. Sure I will be losing my six figure income but, I think its time. GARY DEGRAIDE I decided to host my show 'Kiss and Cry' hoping that people actually want to participate and... KIM YUNA I haven't the slightest idea how to change people, but I still keep a long list of prospective candi... DAVID SEDARIS I haven't the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a long list of prospective candi... DAVID SEDARIS Am I Korean? Am I Korean-American? It took me a while to figure it out. JAMES KIM Making it to the NFL is a huge accomplishment. Making it in the NFL is a huge accomplishment, but I ... ROBERT GRIFFIN III I was more interested in skating and the girls and traveling than I was in calculus. SCOTT HAMILTON While I circled around and around in my brown rental skates, I studied a group of skaters spinning i... GRACIE GOLD I prefer my body after I've had kids to before. I like a womanly, shapely figure. I'm more s... STEPHANIE SEYMOUR I think I realized very early on that you can spend a lot of time constructing a really perfect scen... BRIT MARLING I became to myself an imaginary figure of great excellence, daring and glamor. RUDOLPH VALENTINO I've got quite an old-fashioned figure. Back in the Sixties, girls had boobs, a tummy and wide h... JAMEELA JAMIL [Once Weir began describing his free skate, though, the energy in his voice rose sharply. Instead of... JOHNNY WEIR You would think a place the size of England could easily hold all the happenings in one humble lifet... DAVID MITCHELL Injuries are a huge thing for skating. I think skating is a very unnatural sport for the body, very ... PATRICK CHAN I think I've done a good job in the industry from the standpoint of employee morale and customer... DAVID DUFFIELD I don't think I would change anything. I think we've done a fairly good job of remaining san... WASHED OUT I think O. J. Simpson was a very prominent figure in the African-American community. He was sort of ... STERLING K. BROWN
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This is the first time in a few ye... BOB WEIR We thought one goal would hold up. We just thought we had one earlier. BOB WEIR If you can just get in the playoffs and get by a match or two, I think you start to realize your dis... BOB WEIR These teams, the coaches and these kids - we all know each other. This is the third time we'll meet ... BOB WEIR That's where the best art comes from. Really, it's where all real art comes from and that's what I w... BOB WEIR At this point we have some material but I'm starting to wonder if we're ever going to put out anothe... BOB WEIR I'm very happy with the round. It was a great start. I made a lot of putts inside six feet. I just d... MIKE WEIR My wedge game and putting killed me. The greens got firm and I didn't adjust well. MIKE WEIR I've got to keep doing what I'm doing. I made every putt within five feet, which you have to do here... MIKE WEIR I'm just going to put my nose in there and grind it out as hard as I can this week and see whoever i... MIKE WEIR Everybody I've known who's ever got married on a small scale or on a big scale cannot believe the pr... ARABELLA WEIR We really have to make profound changes. I'm really looking forward to working hard and diligently .... ELIZABETH WEIR The shot I hit into seven, it was a nice little draw 8-iron that almost went in. I hit a cut 4-iron ... MIKE WEIR I carve stone. I've got hammers and chisels and I carve from sandstone. I just did a big mural o... PETER WEIR What if all tomorrow brings is ashes and glass, and I can't tell you child, "this too shall pass" BOB WEIR Court life for a queen of France at that time was, however, stultifyingly routine. Eleanor found tha... ALISON WEIR In this martial world dominated by men, women had little place. The Church's teachings might underpi... ALISON WEIR I'm not one of the super long hitters, ... And I'm not really short. I'm in the middle. When I'm pla... MIKE WEIR Didn't hit enough fairways, that was the bottom line all week really, MIKE WEIR It's going to be a tough test. The greens are very fast and getting firmer. MIKE WEIR It was tough. As far as the course is playing, the changes are fine. I feel good out there. MIKE WEIR In the afternoon, it was three or four shots tougher, easily. The wind was tough ? it swirled around... MIKE WEIR I really pushed for the event to come here for a number of reasons, ... One was that you heard rumbl... MIKE WEIR She is so cold and so hard and so neurotic because of what she's done. She's immensely wealthy - mak... PETER WEIR It seemed when I missed a fairway or green, I couldn't get the ball up. The front nine is much more ... MIKE WEIR I'm sure if Bobby Jones was around he'd say, 'Hey, what are you guys doing?'. MIKE WEIR From the time you're a junior, adults keep telling you about patience and hard work and using your h... MIKE WEIR