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

Without strength and courage its really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because youre alone on the ice and you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself. – Scott Hamilton
What was really funny is that as I got older all those guys who called me a sissy in junior high school wanted me to be their best friend because they wanted to meet all the girls that I knew in figure skating. – Scott Hamilton
I never wore a tie voluntarily, even though I was forced to wear one for photos when I was young and for official events at school. I used to wrap my tie in a newspaper, and whenever the teacher checked I would quickly put it on again. Im not used to it. Most Bolivians dont wear ties. – Evo Morales
