Scott Hamilton Quotes

The only disability in life is a bad attitude.

And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well.

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

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

The high road is always respected. Honesty and integrity are always rewarded.

Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges.

Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.

Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody.

I don't want to look back-I want to keep looking ahead. I'd hate for my defining moment to be my past.

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

I had a ninth grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be.

Memories just get richer with time.

I was more interested in skating and the girls and traveling than I was in calculus.

Always try to maintain complete tolerance and always make an effort to give people more then they expect.

A bad attitude is the only true handicap.

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.

Fame is a very confusing thing, because you are recognized by a lot of people that you've never seen before, and they're at a great advantage.

I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal.

I was nine-years-old when I first put on skates.

When you turn professional, you become an entertainer, and like every other entertainer, you don't want to get a bad review.

I didn't want to be the sissy figure skater, you know.

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

Rationality is not one of this industry's attributes.

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.

Each movement is only learned after you've perfected the one before it.

I just try to touch people's hearts in a way through skating, so they're not just witnessing a performance, they're feeling a performance and they're a part of it.

I'm very accessible. I don't get into this ego thing.

Refined indifference is a sports psychology precept: train like there's no tomorrow and then accept whatever happens. Once you step on the field realize that whatever is meant to be is meant to be.

The Olympics in '80 was phenomenal. It was my favorite memory of all competitive events, because it was brand new and it was exciting.

I don't think most teachers realize how much impact they have.

But I never really thought that I would be extraordinarily successful at skating, it's just something that happened, you know.

I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games I won a gold medal.

The only disability in life is a bad attitude/