It's the complexity of the turns, the changes of the direction, and the body and how well it's skated and how effortless he makes it look. The one thing about his skating is that you rarely ever hear him.
Quotes about skated (16 Quotes)
It was very much like Norman Rockwell: small town America. We walked to school or rode our bikes, stopped at the penny candy store on the way home from school, skated on the pond.
They came out, and they played strong. They got the puck behind us, and they skated well. We sort of sat back and waited to see what they were going to do, instead of going ahead with our game and trying to let them adjust to us instead of us adjusting to them.
I don't remember the first time I skated on ice, I was too young. I do remember falling in love with that wind-in-my-face feeling while speed skating.
At the start of every practice, we skated around the ice and passed back and forth to (one another's) partner. It was pretty basic and pretty monotonous after a while, but it kind of gives you the idea that, hey, back to square one.
So I majored in Drama, did all the plays that were possible to do, skated through school in order to be in every production on stage or backstage in whatever capacity and I came to New York looking for work in the summers.
When I first skated here, I definitely felt small out there because it is such a big surface.
There are some similarities between boxing and skating. Both require power and grace. Physically, boxing is obviously much harder. I weighed between 105-108 pounds when I skated. I will weigh around 120 for my first fight. I just ate a bunch of carbohydrates, which was great, to help gain some weight. I did not lift weights at all.
We are just happy to have skated clear and people seemed to like it. We are world champions, but that doesn't mean that everything is easy.
One thing is having skated five of the best races I've probably could have skated. It was nice to peak at the right time and to do it in an important time in somebody's career.
When it was my turn, I just skated out and heard this huge cheer. It was very touching considering the bad circumstances under which I had left the team and that I had been away for four years.
I skated in ice shows all over Europe and South Africa for 20 years. I love to ice skate.
We skated with our soul, with our heart and you can see the audience was with us.
I made a small mistake, I don't know why it happened. I was off balance (but) I was sure I could skate well. I saw all the other skaters, all the other girls skated well, and I'm pleased with my second mark, it was better than yesterday.
I expect it's because the French got fourth. We skated good and got first place it's not my business if the audience isn't happy.
I've skated with and trained with him and tell you that he's not a loud guy in the locker room but more of a focus guy. He does his business quietly.