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 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
Quotation brings to many people one of the intensest joys of living…. This innocent vanity often helps us over the hard places in life; it gives us a warm little glow against the coldness of the world and keeps us snug and happy. – Bernard Darwin, May 1941, introduction to The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations