Figure Skating Quotes

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Hannah  Grace
“I-"Fuck. "Well, I am angry at you, Nathan."
"Good."
"So fucking angry."
"Perfect.”
Hannah Grace, Icebreaker

Donna Lynn Hope
“When you saw the exquisite pair team of Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov, whether on ice or off, you wished everyone could know a connection, partnership, friendship and romance so effortless, harmonious and pure. Ekaterina knew of the terrible things in the world but felt safeguarded from them because Sergei was always by her side and that is the exceptional gift and strength of man – to feel safe with one, and her gift to him was what you see in their photos, captured in time and poetically immortalized.”
Donna Lynn Hope

“A figure skater is not just a figure skater who does great jumps. He is an artist on ice.”
Alexei Yagudin

“FS is the quintessentially American sport, not merely because it is fiercely individualistic while at the same time incredibly conformist, but also because the athletes, as well as the fans, like the American electorate, have an extraordinary high tolerance for corruption”
M.G. Piety, Sequins and Scandals: Reflections on Figure Skating, Culture, and the Philosophy of Sport

“Dutch historian J. Huizinga argues in 'Homo Ludens' that a competition, in order to be interesting to the public, has to be perceived as fair.
There is a widespread perception, however, that the judging of FS is biased and that the results of competitions are often fixed.
[...] But the perception of bias and favoritism in the judging of skating persists; and it persists because, well, there is bias and favoritism in judging”
M.G. Piety, Sequins and Scandals: Reflections on Figure Skating, Culture, and the Philosophy of Sport

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