„If you're skating on thin ice, you might as well dance.“
— Anita Shreve American writer 1946 - 2018
Quelle: Where or When
„It is not gymnastics or ice skating, you know.“
Attributed by Tom Knight, "Zatopek: 'human locomotive' who made Olympic history", Telegraph, 23 November 2000 (Telegraph Media Group) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/2993266/Athletics-Zatopek-human-locomotive-who-made-Olympic-history.html
regarding his lack of finesse
Original
To víte, není to gymnastika nebo krasobruslení.
o svém zmučeném výrazu při běhu
Übernommen aus Wikiquote. Bearbeitet von Martin Svoboda. Letzte Aktualisierung 27. August 2021. Geschichte
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tschechischer Langstreckenläufer 1922 - 2000Ähnliche Zitate
„A poet of my kind
Skates on the thinnest ice.“
— Edward Lucie-Smith British art critic, writer and curator 1933
Poem Postcard
„In skating over thin ice our safety is our speed.“
— Ralph Waldo Emerson American philosopher, essayist, and poet 1803 - 1882
Prudence
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Variante: In skating over thin ice our safety is our speed.
— Corbin Bleu American actor, model, dancer, producer, and singer-songwriter 1989
Tigerbeat interview (2006)
— Alexander Ovechkin Russian ice hockey player 1985
That rubs off on guys a lot, too.
Sami Lepisto, interview in Harlan Goode (October 5, 2008) "The Capitals' star attraction: Ovechkin charms fans with energy, humbleness", The Washington Times, News World Communications. p. M08.
About
„Did you know that Dairy Queen ice cream is mostly bubbles?“
— Stephen King, buch The Stand
Frannie
The Stand (1978)
„I'm not an athlete, more a gymnast and golfer, soldered together.“
— David Bryant (bowls) bowls champion 1931
Quoted in Colin Jarman's The Guinness Dictionary of Sports Quotations (1990)
— Jacques Plante Canadian ice hockey player 1929 - 1986
Plante recalls his first playoff game, which he won 3–0.
Quoted in Kevin Shea, "One on One with Jacques Plante," http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/spot_oneononep197802.htm Legends of Hockey.net (2005-05-24)
— Yuzuru Hanyu Japanese figure skater (1994-) 1994
Other quotes, 2020
Original: (ja) そこに音楽があるから、フィギュアスケートっていう表現だったり、芸術だったり、技術っていうものがそこに生まれてくるのであって、音楽とフィギュアスケートっていうのがほぼイコールだと僕は思ってます。で、僕にとっては… なんて言うか、生きがいです。フィギュアスケートをやる理由です。
Quelle: Hanyu in an interview from 2019 about the meaning of the music, aired 28 March 2020 in フィギペディア～2019-2020シーズン特別編 (Figurepedia 2019-2020 season special edition) on TV Asahi.
— Yuzuru Hanyu Japanese figure skater (1994-) 1994
Quote from the same article on the Olympic Channel linked above, published 3 April 2019.
Other quotes, 2019
— Gene Kelly American dancer, actor, singer, director, producer and choreographer 1912 - 1996
Quoted in "Gene Kelly's Musical Memories" by Rex Reed, in The Chicago Tribune (November 29, 1970)
