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He's an excellent stick-handler. One of the best skaters and shooters I've ever had.

Al Murdoch

He's still one of the best skaters in the league, ... You want Mike to have open ice. You hope that guys like him will be able to show their skills and take over the game.

Philippe Boucher

The motivation from watching such good skaters is helpful. It's like giving you extra drive when you're practicing.

Asia Nakakura

I hope this will be an inspiration for the future generation of skaters.

Shizuka Arakawa

We asked to live separately because the pair skaters will finish their competition on Monday and it will be very noisy because they'll celebrate. In Salt Lake City we stayed with them and it was very distracting.

Alexei Mishin

She's deceptively fast, one of fastest skaters in her age group in the country. Her speed gets here there but she shoots the puck hard and it's accurate.

Bill Driscoll

I feel I am one of the best three skaters in America.

Michelle Kwan

It's really up to the committee to choose who they believe will be the best three skaters in America. I feel that I am one of the three best skaters in America.

Michelle Kwan

We learned something about being in the lead. We couldn't hold back with the caliber of skaters nipping out our heels, so we really had to go for it.

Scott Moir

We're all really good skaters who don't shy away from the physical play and bring something to the table. Once we get the puck in deep, we use our speed to our advantage. We beat people to loose pucks, support each other and get into open areas where he can make passes to get those good scoring chances. We just accommodate each other accordingly.

Nigel Dawes

I think the level of play has changed a lot. It has gotten much better. The younger players coming up are much better skaters.

Wendy Braun

Whatever we?re doing, it?s just not working. It is what it is. It?s seldom we show up and play for 60 minutes. Maybe we?re just not good enough to push the tempo of the game for 60 minutes. If you?re not skilled enough, or you don?t have enough good skaters, then you?re not going to be able to do it consistently.

Scott Bertoli

A close figure skating competition will be decided by a computer choosing an anonymous panel of nine judges. In fairness to the skaters, all twelve scores should be used in awarding medals. Let's leave the computer out of it.

John Emerson

We had a few breakdowns and they hurt us. But make no mistake; Marblehead is a quality team. Their goalie played very well, and Tommy (Colby) has his skaters flying up and down the ice.

Bob Gilligan

Because of the influx of inline skaters, they are able to draw from two wells.

Gerard Kemkers

The key is consistency of the ice. If you have that then the biggest resistance for the skaters is air.

Mark Messer

They are in very good aerobic condition. Figure skaters are very good athletes. (Maggie) is 100 percent dedicated to it.

Donna Logan

Only 50 of the 220 possible panels would have resulted in the same ranking of the skaters following the short program.

John Emerson

It's been so long overdue. I think it takes away about 50% of the judges' importance to the event because now you have former skaters and former coaches sitting there calling the elements. The judges can only judge the transitions, the music, the program. So it's taken a lot out of their hands. I think it's great.

Bill Fauver

We have skaters from Altoona, and Wheeling, and so many other places.

Linda Miner

They are similar, but skaters will be able to tell the difference.

Brian Solis

Jess and Bryce are amazing skaters and they did a truly unbelievable job.

Craig Buntin

This year's results are not a good indication. They've been playing around with various combinations (of skaters) to see what works best.

Roch Pilon

This competition will require our celebrity skaters to not only demonstrate rhythm, but also athleticism, grace and balance ... on ice, and before a team of unforgiving judges.

Mike Darnell

We have such a young team. At one point in the second period we had on the ice five skaters and a goaltender with an average at of 17.7 years.

Peter Elander

Even if everyone comes back, we'll have only 10 skaters next year, and that's not enough to put together a competitive team. The program is in jeopardy. We need to get our numbers up to 15 or 16 players to keep going.

Joe Tonello

For pairs, it's a big step forward. For younger skaters, that is the point where they should intend to just start trying it.

Maxim Marinin

It's going to be more fun than anything for me because for once we'll be able to say what we want. We'll be able to really applaud the skaters. We'll be able to cry with what we see has gone wrong.

Dick Button

Our goal was to come back and win at least 12 medals in Turin, ... All the skaters who won medals are back and we've got some great athletes added on to that.

Bonnie Blair

There's a whole group of skaters in the hunt.

Paul Martini

Mostly skaters gave us an idea of just what kind of things they're looking for in a skate park. Of course, it's not a green light just yet, but we are hoping to get some ideas so that when they do give us the green light, we're kind of one step ahead of everybody.....

Kelly Gutierrez

We used to take six skaters and that was it. We didn't run the two- and three-line deal.

Jimmy Mann

It really breaks my heart. One of the best skaters in the world didn't have a chance to show it tonight.

Allison Baver

That's going to make us feel right at home. We're lucky to have so many good skaters to work with.

Ben Agosto

He just loves what he's doing. And that rubs off on his skaters.

Peggy Fleming

We have the skills. Filipino skaters have the natural style and grace.

Joseph Santos

We had seven seniors, including five who were four-year players, and had lost only two key skaters from the year before.

Paul Letourneau

It's a family-oriented show. Anybody of any age can come. All the skaters and gymnasts are really great.

Diana Degarmo

Some guys are more skaters, and the big guys know that's where they are going to score goals. You have to understand the game and where the shots are coming from and where shots can end up.

Andrew Luciuk

Joe had a distinguished record of service and commitment to U.S. Figure Skating. He was a major contributor to the growth of figure skating in the Chicago area. Beyond those activities he was truly a gentleman, and he always placed the best interest of the skaters as his first priority.

Ron Hershberger

The agency might be stunned by the response from skaters.

David Toole

We are really happy. We came back after four years to an international event and we are not scared of anyone. We came back to be competitive with the best skaters, and we are.

Maurizio Margaglio

The skill level will increase. We are entering an artistic age, kind of a revolution in that sense. You're seeing great skaters, even though they're missing jumps, they're still winning because of their artistic ways.

Lori Nichol

Doing shows is always a side of skating that I've loved, it's the performing. I get to do that without the pressure, it's always fun between the skaters and the preparation, the show is always so much fun.

Kurt Browning

We need more skaters. We need more people involved.

Derrick Campbell

I had always found it difficult to play against them and produce, ... They've always been from Day 1 a very hard-working team but they've also always had great skaters.

Paul Kariya

You'll see skaters in their 70s as well as little kids.

Linda Miner

I think they're going to be really tough. They have good skaters and are the defending champs. We have to commit to team defense.

Mike Reardon

That was first time in my life so many skaters fell.

Ruslan Goncharov

We're not going to see this much energy in a building probably until 2010. We really learned a lot this time, and I think we're going to be much better skaters because of that.

Craig Buntin

I asked skaters, 'Why does the costume always have all this stuff? They said, 'Because it makes it look like we're skating faster. My comment was, 'Why don't you just skate faster? Is it really about an optical illusion? Or is it really about ability?

Jef Billings

We've tried to make sure some of the bigger kids we've taken are good skaters, ... You could send a lot of these kids over to the Eskimos and they'd blend right in, but they can move.

Kevin Prendergast

It was heartbreaking. After [the second jump], she was so upset that she nailed everything out of anger. I always say that there are world-class skaters, and there are champions. It really breaks my heart.

Katarina Witt

It's one of the best in the world. There are so many skaters out there who would love to be part of this.

Rudy Galindo

The skaters were almost dead after his first year.

Berit Rekaa

Not a lot of skaters do that. He's the Olympic gold medalist. So he was right.

Erben Wennemars