"Around 11 years old, I discovered that I wanted to be an Olympic figure skater."
"The elegant, graceful, and gravity-defying electricity is in a league of its own."
"Former U.S champion Adam Rippon talked about the culture of starvation in figure skating... poor nutrition often led to stress fractures that later developed into worse injuries."
"The artistic side that attracted so many viewers to figure skating in decades past is often being neglected in favor of jumps."
"The teenage girls dominating the sport are incredibly talented and they deserve their own place on the ice."
"Skate Canada is extremely disappointed with International Skating Union's position."
"I genuinely do believe she is the most talented skater we've seen in a generation."
"Regardless of what the world thinks about her, one thing is absolutely certain: Harding was the first American woman to successfully nail a triple axel."
"Hope for all the people that saw figure skating through the lens of just a territory and cowrie broke that and showed that figure skating can be a fun beautiful sport."
"Contests tell the story of the day but they never tell the story of the skating not never."
"In the upcoming Olympics, he will challenge a move no human had done before: to land the Quad Axel, 4.5 rotations jump on ice."
"You never see a figure skater go tuck, tuck, untuck, untuck. It's coordinated arms moving in and out together."
"Her little sister does a figure skating show on Christmas Eve. So her whole family always goes to cheer her on."
"just having clean programs for every single top skater it's just not a thing we've seen before"
Ice Princess, Sonia Davis: "Through skating a doubles routine with Pete, she was able to find her love for the sport once again, allowing her to finally find peace and stop her infamous blizzards."
"Ana Shcherbakova, which oh my god this girl the power of will I dare say she has the strongest mental game I've ever seen in figure skating."
"Big thighs save lives and today we're predicting that Tutberidze's team is gonna be the winner."
"I had a figure skater for 10 years."
"Only in figure skating such plots are possible."
"I've always wanted to figure skate."
"You don't need to be an Olympic gold medalist to teach young people the beautiful fundamentals of skating."
"America's new queen of the ice, so the crown's at the US Figure Skating Championships."
"I learned more than just figure skating; I learned hard work, patience, perseverance, learning to literally fall and get back up."
"Every day, this is nothing compared to the trials and tribulations of these young figure skaters."
"I think Charlotte's done fantastic, pal quads are amazing, aren't they?"
"Well magic, it must be nice to be back on the Grand Prix series and what a way to start in your hometown."
"I am a professional figure skater, so I'm currently working and living on board."
"Hello, my name is Jordan, I'm a professional figure skater."
"I think we can all agree that this was an extremely well executed figure."
"The ISU announced that they will gradually raise the age limit for skaters in the senior season."
"She did the most complex of figure skating elements with beauty, power, and tenderness."
"Listen, she's gutsy, she went for that triple axel, okay? She's gutsy."
"She's become like a figurehead for beautiful skating."
"Once recovered, for her fans, Evgenia continued to do special Gala performances, reality TV Ice shows, and master classes."
"The Sherb's Power of Will became a phrase within the fandom and a trademark for Anna Sherbakova."
"The three junior girls of the Grand Prix are finalists, half of the girls that qualified for the finals are Angels of Plushenko."
"Nothing makes me more endear to a skater than a beautiful happy celebration at the end of a clean program."
"She landed a quad in a competition; that is insane, especially for someone who has just splashed onto the scene."
"Russian figure skating is a gift that keeps on giving."
"One of the most beautiful, heartfelt skaters who obviously loves skating."
"Seeing her live in the short, in particular, is magical; she's so elegant."
"Skating and emoting beautifully with incredible spins and steps is, yes, that's lovely, just lovely."
"That short program was very special."
"When a team that strong and that powerful delivers a clean program, there is something artistic about it."
"I love Hi Emily. I've loved her since the Junior Grand Prix when she was such a moment."
"I found it inspiring, like I did when Maya first landed those two quads."
"Yamaguchi was the first Olympic skater in the show's history and she set the bar extraordinarily high for all who followed."
"It's powerful. Skating is graceful, but it's a power sport too."
"Don't you think that figure skating's beautiful?"
"Say what you want about Tonya Harding but she was never anyone but Tanya."
"She was the first American woman to ever land a triple Axel in competition."
"Sometimes Tonya would skate without a meal in her stomach, without knowing if her parents or later herself would even be able to afford another lesson."
"That was truly amazing skating from Liz."
"I think if all skaters can show their own uniqueness, that's what figure skating is all about."
"From now on, she will allow Casey to figure skate and go after her dream."
"There are very few women in the history of this sport that skate with this kind of beauty."
"If you've just done a flying camel, a double toe loop, and a sit spin, you're a nice skater."
"It was really special, skating with my wife Frankie."
"I love watching figure skating, but it's one of those sports that is not for the faint of heart."
"I'm a professional figure skater, and I work for Royal Caribbean."
"I love her skating and her personality and her character on the ice."
"The beauty of a clean program with nice music, it still wins the day in skating most times."
"I truly enjoyed watching worlds from home. I feel very content leaving the competitive skating world behind."
"I think all their elements were kind of top-notch for what they can do, so I think this was a great success for them in the long program."
"She and Scott are the most decorated Olympic figure skaters of all time."
"So many of us met and fell in love with Michelle Kwan at that '94 Worlds."
"He was telling me more of a story in this free skate than he ever has before."
"I'm getting a beautifully skated program with very elegant choreography."
"He's capable of having wonderful extension."
"She's bringing the fire to the ice."
"That quad sow is just like floating, the technique is beautiful."
"Get in touch with your inner swing, hold an edge and look sexy."
"Jason has these exquisite edges, great spins, beautiful positions, and he has delivered time and time again a gorgeous performance."
"Medalist follows Inori, an 11 year old with big dreams of becoming a figure skater who faces daunting obstacles."
"It's clean and beautiful, it's like Jason Brown, they're not a contender for a medal at the Olympics, but they're a contender to make people in North America love skating again."
"She has retired now, she can go out and I will just watch her do step sequences, some footwork, some spins, all day, no jumping necessary for me to enjoy that program."
"The lyricism of his skating is so amazing."
"We're going to be discussing everything going on in the figure skating world."
"Well, this is the skating lesson; we're going to discuss all things that happened at the 2021 U.S. Figure Skating Championships."
"It's a journey to get there for her."
"She has the ability to be a breathtaking skater."
"They care about their skating, they care about the story, the character, the every detail."
"I really don't care if she ever does seven triples, I could still watch her skate."
"They have so much potential, they're beautiful skaters both of them."
"Look how Madison Chock has transformed since moving to Montreal."
"Her landing position, her free leg is still so beautiful."
"Free skate especially that step sequence was just outrageously wonderful."
"I inherently think he is a better skater than Adam."
"It's not a skating book. She doesn't spend time explaining what a sit spin is. She spoke to people like they were intelligent."
"She has some real grace when you watch her do those entrances into the double axel."
"Simple elegance, the end that Nancy Kerrigan spiral moment, it's what the people want in skating."
"The classical side of him is so beautiful in the short this year."
"The Wonders that that would do for figure skating in the U.S."
"She would be their dream national champion."
"It took my breath away in an alarming way, but the way it appeared on the ice during the program was delightful."
"How clean each landing was, and how each landing was like butter."
"Hold an edge and look sexy, by God."
"That joy of skating which is so absent from so many of our top competitors at the moment is intoxicating to watch."
"She has the most beautifully relaxed shoulders skating and she's just like Sandra Bezic-ing the edges at you."
"You skate to Tosca, you need to be Michelle Kwan."
"I think it was Amber Glenn winning because it's so huge for skating."
"Only KMT could have pulled out a landing like that from that throw triple loop."
"They landed this huge, incredible throw triple loop; it's just wonderful."
"It was beautiful to see her skate with joy."
"The reverse lasso lifts in the free is so gorgeous."
"Ballerina shoulders, that was something I had to learn for figure skating."
"I was a competitive figure skater."
"At the 1964 Winter Olympics, I won the gold medal in figure skating."
"I'm going to learn this, I bought a pair of figure skates from Goodwill."
"For me, figure skating was the best way to clear my head and delve into this beautiful sport."
"Trust me, if you're a figure skater, you have a special place in your heart for anything rhinestones."
"Her recent post of her figure skating to 'Black Like Me' is so beautiful; she's so crazy talented."
"I wanted to be a princess, so that's how I started to skate."
"The triple axel triple toe at the beginning was the best one I think I've ever seen a woman do."
"She is worthy of greater choreography and greater choreography is what's going to force her to have improved skating skills."
"Hubbell and Donahue have more important skating, it means more to me, perhaps it's a real voice, it's unique and it's profound."
"Sui and Han nailed their reaction when they finally just did that last pose, just crying."
"This was Soy and Han's moment to take and they took it."
"I love his skating, I know he is Joker and spice and everything nice."
"That quad salchow Euler triple salchow is so stunning, his air position is so beautiful."
"We are going to be discussing everything going on in the figure skating world."
"Skating our freedance was paradise."
"They look like next-level superstar skaters."
"Yuma Kagiyama, the little prince, has solidified that he is the next star of men's figure skating in Japan."
"You just have to say thank you, Plushenko. Thank you, Eteri. You are giving us so much entertainment."
"This is just promotion for skating and these people and showing the art."
"That lift is so impressive; it just covers that whole part of the rink."
"She skated like her life depended on it."
"The salchow was her nemesis for several seasons, and her salchow has really improved."
"Their actual technical skating and the elements I thought was really strong."
"So much of skating success is relied on training and the plan."
"He has this quality and the jumps have some kind of big natural height and spin to them."
"I like Alexa and Chris's program better, the choreography is more interesting."
"It brought me back to a time in skating that was simpler, when there were vibrant personalities."
"In good skating, you get more by doing less."
"In the end of the day, the skater has to believe in what they're doing."
"I still love to watch skating, so I still loved the art of skating, and it made me want to go skate."
"I wanted to be something really crazy, like Chelsea who lands her side-by-side jumps in that throw triple loop."
"Well, adult skating is the support of figure skating in general. Without adult skater side, I personally don't think that figure skating worldwide would be as successful and as popular as it is."
"That opening stationary lift when she's literally flying like a bird, and their costumes look like eight million dollars."
"I think that men's event was the event of the World Figure Skating Championships this year."
"He seems gigantic when he skates, in a good way."
"I think he truly is a sensitive skater and it's just really beautiful and heartfelt to watch."
"That double axel is so gorgeous, right from her leg and it's the buoyancy in her arms."
"She creates a moment with each position."
"I'm glad that other people love him because he is a brilliant skater."
"I love that backflip at the end of the free; just the mere fact that he still decided to do that shows his attitude and his passion about figure skating."
"That's pure and beautiful pair skating and I will always love that."
"It was an emotional moment and they skated it and it was solid."
"They skate so close together, there isn't any bump or bubble or nothing, and they're both terrific technicians."
"It tugged at all the emotional strings because the music told me to feel it, his clean jumping told me to feel it, and Nathan allowed me to feel it."
"Talk about a selfless presence in the kiss and cry."
"It's so enjoyable to watch it when he does get to that final step sequence; you just see someone having fun."
"He wants to be in history, the first who landed quad axel."
"Figure skating is the most difficult sport."
"I don't think I've been this moved by a skater in a very long time."
"I enjoy his skating so much, he is definitely my favorite man from China to watch."
"They're not like Sui and Han skaters; they max out their ability and tend to have risen to the occasion."
"You need to watch the 1971 medal ceremony and know that that is what changed skating forever."
"She knows how to be in the air on the lifts, the spins are great."
"The only thing I can do is skate my heart out and from there it goes."
"You really have to be a really strong skater to be able to pull off some of those things."
"Remember the time... some of the great kiss and cry moments of all time have happened."
"Skating reveals all; it does, nearer to the soul or it can be."
"It's about she was like a Michelle Kwan to a lot of people."
"Belinda from Australia loves your lifts; she loves the flow over the ice and the distance."
"I'm loving this, I'm loving this. Oh my God, Kolyada, I mean, obviously the most exquisite we've ever seen."
"I used that mistake from Sochi to drive me to land an amazing throw."
"She's such a beautiful skater and such a nice person."
"When I saw Kirsten and Michael's score, I was like wow, instantly this is gonna be a great pairs event."
"You have an Olympic silver medal, you are a champion."
"Sonja Henie was Norwegian, and she won the Olympics several times."
"I will do anything for Marin Honda."
"It's gorgeous, the axle and the warm-up was gorgeous."
"One of the best triple axels out there right now."
"Someday I want to have an ice show in Thailand, I want everyone back home to know how much fun figure skating is."
"Yuri nails Victor's signature quadruple flip for his last jump, which reduces Victor to tears of joy."
"Yuri completes the short program with the highest technical score so far in history, netting himself a new personal best and a standing ovation from the audience."
"Russia has given so much to figure skating over the years."
"Think about how emotional it's going to be to watch Yuzuru Hanyu if he is able to skate a clean short program, clean free program next week."
"It's cheesy, but that's the most amazing part of skating when you just get those chills that someone did something they you almost weren't expecting."
"It's like art rather than skating competition, and actually, they've struck gold."
"The three stories are Michelle, Tara, and Nicole, you know? That's what made the Olympic team at the end of the day."
"I really like the Mulan movie edit that Akatieva is using for the free skate, I find it very effective."
"She has that ability to command the ice with her movement."
"It's a celebration of figure skating instead of some cutthroat, leave it all on the line, do it or don't kind of approach."
"I enjoy the joy in figure skating."
"There's nothing more magic to me than a well-landed throw jump."
"Alexa has become a throw queen, right? It's magnificent."
"He visibly loves skating and visibly loves performing."
"Out of all of my three years of figure skating, one of the biggest lessons I have learned is that it takes perseverance and dedication."
"This was the first program ever that I was able to smile during, so I honestly count it as a win."
"Everything she does on the ice is so beautiful."
"Watching Daisuke's hands do all of that kind of circular arm choreography was really exquisite."
"Getting to see Sakamoto's personality shine through was something I genuinely enjoyed."
"But this triple axel, maybe this gives her the confidence she needs to feel like she really has a shot."
"The top group of men were so individually themselves; each one had their own approach to the program, their own personality on the ice."
"She's doing two triple axels, it's incredible."
"When she lands a quad lutz and two cuantos, it's like goodbye everybody."
"She's skating to things that people are going to be excited by, and she's going to have a great season."