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  • Sasha gets a raw deal from the press. She makes one mistake in her program and people rip her for not pulling it off when it counts. But she never falls apart. She never just completely folds and misses everything. Usually it's just one mistake.

    Sports   Rip   Mistake  
    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • Kat and I were in our 20s when we won in '88. Our personalities were already established. We were ready to move on to a life of professional skating.

    "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • That's what amateur skating is about, technical expertise, and it should always stay that way.

    Way   Skating   Should  
    "CNN Live Today" with Daryn Kagan, www.cnn.com. February 19, 2002.
  • As an athlete, I hope we can remain focused on the Olympic spirit which celebrates achievement in sport by peoples of all nations.

    "Figure Skater Brian Boitano Comes Out As Gay Ahead Of Sochi Olympics" by Cavan Sieczkowski, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 19, 2013.
  • First and foremost I am an American athlete and I am proud to live in a country that encourages diversity, openness and tolerance.

    "Figure Skater Brian Boitano Comes Out As Gay Ahead Of Sochi Olympics" by Cavan Sieczkowski, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 19, 2013.
  • The Olympics are great for notoriety right off the bat, but your body of work is what people remember you for.

    "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • When a skater steps on the ice to compete, the nerves, the tension, and sheer suspense of that moment make for great drama.

    Drama   Ice   Steps  
    Brian Boitano, Suzanne Harper, Peggy Fleming (1997). “Boitano's Edge: Inside The Real World Of Figure Skating”, p.9, Simon and Schuster
  • The U.S. Olympic spirit award is an award that is given to an athlete who embodies the Olympic spirit in more ways than just on the playing field, in showing incredible perseverance, in overcoming obstacles, and what we wanted to do is have everybody can vote on-line.

    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • On the lip of the Grand Canyon. I've always wanted to do that. My very first TV special out of the Olympics was on a glacier in Alaska. Right after that one, I went and pitched this idea to skate in three National Parks. Like Voyageurs National Park, because it freezes over and you have these little islands that you can skate around. [The networks] were like, 'Way too expensive.'

    Sports   Ideas   Alaska  
  • From an athlete's perspective, to cancel the Olympics in regards to the threats would be absolutely devastating - especially since the Olympics - it's really about people meeting together through sports and putting aside their countries' differences for that time.

    "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer, cbsnews.cbsig.net. January 26, 2014.
  • I love skating. I love the speed, the power, the excitement, the feeling that --- even for just a moment --- I can defy gravity and fly through the air. And I love the way that a great skating performance, like any work of art, can move an audience to laughter or tears.

    Art   Laughter   Moving  
    Brian Boitano, Suzanne Harper, Peggy Fleming (1997). “Boitano's Edge: Inside The Real World Of Figure Skating”, p.9, Simon and Schuster
  • So the programs all start to all look the same. I watched one free skating competition, and I thought I was watching a short program. Everyone was doing exactly the same elements.

    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • I have to consider my greatest accomplishments winning the Olympics because everything that Ive done after that is really because of the Olympics.

    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • Kids don't know the language of figure skating. If you ask them to do a compulsory figure, they don't know how to, and that's so important for the edge quality. I think that's why the older skaters are still as popular as they are - because they have that quality that people are missing in this generation.

    Sports   Kids   Thinking  
  • Its an honor to be chosen to represent the best hockey game in the world,... Hockey fans are looking for the most authentic experience and NHL 2K6 delivers it.

    Sports   Hockey   Nhl  
  • Yeah, I am a little bit, and I think it is a natural progression of the sport, of going upwards in technical ability and everything like that.

    "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • If I had never won a single medal, I'd still be skating in a rink somewhere. There wouldn't be an audience or camera flashes or autograph seekers, but I'd still be skating.

    Cameras   Skating   Flash  
  • Plus the public's attention span is so short right now, if a skater doesn't strike while the iron is hot... well it's not like people will forget you, but they just won't care anymore.

    Iron   People   Hot  
    Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.
  • A really important part of competition is coming back, trying to do it better the second time than you did the first.

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Brian Boitano

  • Born: October 22, 1963
  • Occupation: Figure Skater