5,260 Quotes About Sports

Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart.

I started skating and I kind of liked it because I could run circles around the guys that wouldn't pick me to play baseball.

And so figure skating was a great vehicle for me to kind of be competitive at something, without having to be big.

That's what makes the Ryder Cup in golf so much better than the Masters or the U.S. Open. To be a part of something that is not about personal achievement, but about representing everyone and sharing it with the whole country, it's wonderful.

When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence.

From the fall of October, 1980 to March, 1984 I never lost a competition.

So as an amateur Olympic competitor I loved criticism, because it made me better. But now as a professional I don't really know how to channel it or where to take it, so I don't take it quite as well.

There's more to sports than just being big and strong and quick.

I don't gamble at all, all my life. I am only interested in sports.