Dorothy Hamill Quotes & Sayings

“Everybody has to deal with tough times. A gold medal doesn't make you immune to that. A skater is used to falling down and getting up again.”

“I was passionate. I found something that I loved. I could be all alone in a big old skating rink and nobody could get near me and I didn't have to talk to anybody because of my shyness. It was great. I was in my fantasy world.”

“I wanted to learn how to skate backwards and they wouldn't help me and they went off and left me on my own.”

“At times, I feel overwhelmed and my depression leads me into darkness.”

“I was a bratty little sister. I was the youngest of three, and I often felt as though I didn't fit in.”

“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.”

“I never really liked my short hair; it never occurred to me that people would want it.”

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

“My legs are ice skaters' legs. No tan in sight.”

“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.”