I wanted to learn how to skate backwards and they wouldn't help me and they went off and left me on my own.
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I was just ice skating. I had no concept of that. In those days you couldn't see the judges. I was this little person on the ice and they were just people that would stand around the boards.Dorothy Hamill
Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on.
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In group lesson number six I think we learned how to turn backwards and then just kind of wiggle. That wasn't really skating backward, but I guess I was going in the right direction.
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My brother was very gifted as a student, and my sister was very social. She had all the friends and boyfriends, and I just always felt stupid.
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My coach was a great politician, so he did most of the work. He was good.
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It was more of a marketing tool to hook you in. If you wanted to continue you needed private lessons. And I was hooked. I loved it.
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