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Quotes by Dorothy Hamill

“Skating With the Celebrities”

“We were all hoping for Michelle still yet to come, but you know, Sarah Hughes skated to win [Thursday] night, ... She was the best, and it was just so nice to see somebody that came in and let it all go and she deserved it. She really did.”

“I am thankful for this flattering and great honor.”

“Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on.”

“Theyre always trying to fix the judging system, (but) its not the judging system, its the judges. As long as there is national bias, youll never be able to get rid of favoritism.”

“It was hot, it was sexy.”

My parents believed in exposing each of their children to an abundance of varied activities in the hope they would find something they loved. They each had found a passion - Dad with his music and Mom with her horses - so it was natural for them to encourage experimentation.

I think Princess Diana probably had the most famous haircut, or Farrah Fawcett or Jennifer Aniston.

In my teen years leading up to the Olympics, I loved having the excuse to skip out on parties because of skating. Partying wasnt my thing anyway. Mostly I hung out with other skaters. We were all buddies, so its not like I missed out on socializing. I was really enjoying myself.

I always had short hair, and I hated my short hair. I was always mistaken for a boy, but my mom wouldnt let me change my hair because she was always chasing me around with a hairbrush, and it was always tangled, so she just would cut it off, and shes right: short hair did suit me.

If you dont know a lot about figure skating, its easy to fall in love with ice dancing because its so romantic and so theatrical.

It was very much like Norman Rockwell: small town America. We walked to school or rode our bikes, stopped at the penny candy store on the way home from school, skated on the pond.