16 Quotes by Dick Button

The scandal helps people become aware of (skating). And once they're aware of it, they're hooked.

It's the event everybody can relate to. It's got beauty, it's got talent and it's got athletic perfection of the most extraordinary level.

It's going to be more fun than anything for me because for once we'll be able to say what we want. We'll be able to really applaud the skaters. We'll be able to cry with what we see has gone wrong.

It's beautiful theater. It has everything going for it. I mean music and choreography and . . . beautiful girls. It's an elegant, wonderful sport.

I'm told I had to be put in a straitjacket for the first five days because I was so violent, which is a reflection of having really damaged your brain.

I do find some of the costumes sometimes are over the top. You almost feel you've been trapped in a windmill in the Metropolitan Opera House costume department.

That’s what really makes great skating competitions. When you have two top skaters in good form giving superb performances.