Skate Maloley Quotes

Me and my friends had BMX magazines and skate magazines, and I was a photographer who made skate videos. ~ Spike Jonze

I skate now for fun and to keep myself in shape. ~ Oksana Baiul

I don't need a good skate to make everything OK. ~ Mary Docter

I am always hurt, but what are you going to do? I have to skate. ~ Ryan Sheckler

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been. ~ Wayne Gretzky

I didn't want to skate for someone else or for certain marks. ~ Kristi Yamaguchi

I skate for the fans. It's not as fun without them there supporting me. I get energy from them and I want to skate well for them. They relax me. They make me happy when I skate for them. I feel the Americans like me more and more each time I tour. ~ Evgeni Plushenko

Now gently settles like dust in a shaft - for one moment there is no one else - only the wind like the hiss of an ice skate ... ~ John Geddes

Good players skate to the puck. Great players skate to where the puck is going to be. ~ Wayne Gretzky

I love to roller skate. ~ Jane Krakowski

I just love to skate. When I put a skate on the ice, I'm free from the world, and I have no problems at all. I am a bird! ~ Jim Carrey

I'm a show pony, and I don't get to skate with girls doing triple Axels every single day. I skate with little babies who are working on their single Axels while trying not to hit them on the ice. ~ Ashley Wagner

I'm a wealthy man now. I've got a flat, a car, I have enough money to buy food. I skate to make the people happy. If somebody skates to earn money, I don't care. I skate for the people. Besides, it's pleasant to supply Russia with gold medals. ~ Evgeni Plushenko

If you go to a building to skate, or if you go to these places to skate, you're told it's against the law in some cities. It's definitely a bummer. It's unfortunate. ~ Shaun White

The first year I started hockey, I didn't know how to skate, so I got on the ice with all of the hockey players, and we were doing drills where we had to go backwards in figure eights. And I could not skate, and I just kept falling on my butt, and it was very embarrassing. ~ Shawn Mendes

I was a serious competitive figure skater and still ice-skate as much as I can. Anyway, I once brought a date to the rink to have him experience what I was into. So all is going fine, and then - bam! - he bit it extremely hard! Skate time was over. His bruises were scary. I felt so bad. ~ Christian Serratos

I'm healthy enough to still skate, so I gotta go because growing up I didn't have - I mean, I grew up in Montana so ... there was kind of a little half-pipe in my yard, and that was the extent of the skate terrain in Montana. So I've got to go out and make up for lost time. ~ Jeff Ament

On the lip of the Grand Canyon. I've always wanted to do that. My very first TV special out of the Olympics was on a glacier in Alaska. Right after that one, I went and pitched this idea to skate in three National Parks. Like Voyageurs National Park, because it freezes over and you have these little islands that you can skate around. [The networks] were like, 'Way too expensive.' ~ Brian Boitano

My parents never pressured me to skate. They always said I could quit if I wanted to. They only expected me to skate when they had already paid for the expensive lessons. But, otherwise they said I could do what I wanted to do. ~ Nancy Kerrigan

Kids at skate parks will step up and challenge me to a game of Skate, but I'm over that, I really don't care. I'm all about participating, and I'm all about being a part of this scene, but there's certain vibes I just don't get along with. ~ Mike Vallely

My goal, my dream has already come true. Every kid's dream is to become a pro skater, you know? Not only have I become a pro skater, but to me personally, I ride for the best sponsors there are. That's even more than I ever expected ... I didn't skate to please everyone else. I started skating because I love to skate. you gotta watch out because there will come a point where you'll forget that. ~ Paul Rodriguez

Some mother fuckers are always trying to ice skate up hill. ~ Wesley Snipes

Skate, you're about to pop the best wheelie of your life. ~ Genevieve Dewey

As a Canadian it's something you grow up with. Where I'm from in Canada the ground usually freezes in late October and the lake is frozen until late March. We learn to skate at a young age and I learned to skate when I was three. I was on an outdoor rink when I was three-years-old. ~ Gerad Adams

Could you love reading and still love punk? I had assumed that you couldn't be a skate punk and geek out on books, but Philip had changed that perspective. I had wanted to ensure that I would fit in, and suppressed my nerdiness as anathema to punk rock. But Philip had obliterated that premise in an instant with a copy of The Stranger. Maybe this was my opportunity to be regarded as someone different, more interesting and complicated than the Vietnamese kid or a skate punk. ~ Phuc Tran

I could sit here in the tribunes and watch Michelle Kwan skate for hours ... ~ Carolina Kostner

For me, I skate as masculine as I can. I'm not a big strong guy. I'm not interested in fighting or throwing punches or balling my hands in fists all day. I'm not interested in guns, I'm not interested in football or stereotypically masculine things, so I'm going to skate in a fashion that is manly for Johnny Weir. ~ Johnny Weir

Despite the man's intimidating mountain-man looks, Wallace dated men, women and some people who seemed to skate between genders. ~ Victoria Dahl

The sidewalk was all cracked and wavy, like little hills, and the weeds pushed their way up through the cement. I had to roller-skate there anyway, because they wouldn't let me out of their sight, and they could watch me from the swing on the front porch of the old house. It was hard to skate there, and I kept falling down and getting sores on my knees...Sometimes, when they left me alone in 102 to go to the store, I'd turn on the radio and dance all around the room. I'd get on the furniture and jump from couch to the bed to the chair, leaping and twirling the whole time. ~ Carol Burnett

A little boy was asked how he learned to skate. 'By getting up every time I fell down,' he answered. ~ David Seabury

I like to skate on the other side of the ice. ~ Steven Wright

Penguins skate. Penguins spin. Penguins love to make you grin. ~ Mark Iacolina

Just like trying to ice skate on two sticks of butter in the desert, my love for her melted and was no good to anyone but a chef. ~ Jarod Kintz

I wish I had a river I could skate away on? ~ Joni Mitchell

I strive to do my best every single time and I think that's something the skate community knows about me and appreciates. ~ Mike Vallely

It was always fun to skate with Paul Wylie and Paul Martini. ~ Nancy Kerrigan

We live amid surfaces, and the true art of life is to skate well on them ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

I've learned some of the greatest life lessons from growing up in the skate and punk rock communities. ~ Mark Hoppus

I know roughly when I skate a good program where the score should end up. ~ Ashley Wagner

The most important thing in skating is finding your center. There is nothing better than Skate Spinner to do this - not even skates! ~ Karen Magnussen

No more nightmares about the Fishers?"
"Last night," Tanzie said, "I dreamed about a cabbage that could roller-skate. It was called Kevin."
Mum gave her a long look. "Right. ~ Jojo Moyes

I skate to anything with a good beat, anything that can get me motivated. ~ Ryan Sheckler

My father used to always give me a basketball, a skate board, and a bike every Christmas. That's all I wanted every year. ~ Amar'e Stoudemire

Honestly, the best skater that I've seen who raps is Tyler, The Creator. He really can skate ... He's legit. ~ Tony Hawk

Me and Duncan are going down to the beach to skate. I think I'm late." "Ducan and I," she said. Leonardo rolled his eyes. "What. Ever. ~ Carol Snow

We got skate parks in different states, but me skating? Nah, I'm too gangster; I can't rock with it. But I watch it. ~ Birdman

I'm going to try to tell stories and let each tale skate its own way into dark or light territory as the needs of the story steer me. ~ Ed Greenwood

No, you don't write about love for the very same reason you refuse to learn to roller skate. You dislike the idea of introducing anything that requires hurting yourself repeatedly before you get good at it. ~ Amber Dawn

Bryan Fogarty could skate faster, shoot harder and pass crisper drunk than the rest of us could sober. ~ Mats Sundin

You cannot learn to skate without making yourself ridiculous - the ice of life is slippery. ~ George Bernard Shaw

I've got a hockey record, I took off my skate and tried to stab a guy, I'm the only person who ever tried that. ~ Adam Sandler

I bicycle 12,000-foot mountain passes, run, cross train, skate-ski, hike and mountain bike. ~ Carre Otis

People say be safe and I hate that, so I go to Skate Lab with no pads ~ Jaden Smith

We're all doing it for the love of the sport. We want to make Canada proud. I'm so fortunate to skate in a country like Canada. ~ Cindy Klassen

I had spindly little ankles, and growing up in Canada, I couldn't skate. I was no good at any sports so was very much a pariah through those adolescent years. ~ Neil Peart

Skate, if it were possible to choose who we fall in love with, no one would ever get it done, because we'd all be chasing after this ideal person who doesn't even exist. ~ Genevieve Dewey

When I know I'm not doing any auditions, I go to the skate park on my scooter or my bike. ~ Kodi Smit-McPhee

I trip walking down the stairs, but I can skate them probably. ~ Shaun White

You're a princess on roller skates. People like you skate through life on shiny gold blades to full orchestral music with the wind at you back. Everything comes easy to skaters ... Everyone loves you ~ Shelley Coriell

I skate all the time, but it's silly for me to do contests when MTV is giving me a boatload of money. ~ Bam Margera

Skateboarding has taught me two things - that symbolise a meaning of life.
How to keep a balance and how to pick yourself up when you've fallen. ~ Nikki Rowe

Dear La Virgen, [...] is God your husband? Is he a Cheap Skate???? I kinda think he might be cause I used to pray for stuff and he never sent the stuff I asked for right? ~ Alma Luz Villanueva

I couldn't skate, I couldn't shoot, and I wasn't very intelligent. But I was spectacular ~ Ken Reardon

My whole life has been the skate life. I don't really remember doing anything besides skateboarding. ~ Ryan Sheckler

All my life I have wanted to skate, and all my life I have skated. ~ Sonja Henie

When you've got videos up on Web sites that are literally shot the same day, the whole skate community knows right away when new tricks are invented or new techniques are available. ~ Tony Hawk

If you are feeling confused about the road ahead, ask yourself what is the thing you truly love and dream about? Dreams don't shine, but it's the people who chase after their dreams who shine brightly. ~ Xué Tang

A man learns to skate by staggering about and making a fool of himself. Indeed he progresses in all things by resolutely making a fool of himself. ~ George Bernard Shaw

I'm not looking to fail you. I don't teach with the hope everyone will play games on their phone during lectures and then skate by with Cs." "If you did, you'd probably be much happier." "I'm going to ignore that. ~ Dahlia Adler

People would say, 'Girls don't play hockey. Girls don't skate.' I would say, 'Watch this.' ~ Hayley Wickenheiser

Hockey is my favorite because I'm from Michigan. I used to figure-skate and root for the Red Wings. ~ Jana Kramer

A wave isn't like a skate ramp or mountain; everything's moving around and you have to time how to move along with it. That's easier with a slow wave. ~ Kelly Slater

Hey, I'm like the Wayne Gretsky of the entertainment biz - I have other people do my dirty work while I skate around and get to be a nice guy. What can I say? I'm a coward. ~ Paul Feig

A player must be able to skate, have hockey sense, be able to shoot, but not necessarily be able to score. ~ Pierre Page

Sometimes I didn't want to skate. My dad would push me so hard to get better. ~ Patrick Kane

I don't want to compete. I want to skate for the joy. I get so nervous in competition. I get always sick. I had pressures enough in my life from skating. ~ Katarina Witt

There's this misconception in the industry that you might have to go a little lighter or skate on the surface in order to reach people - and then in your second album, you get to tell who you are. ~ Rachel Platten

The morning skate was a game-day ritual dating back to the seventies, introduced in North America by the Russians, and used as an attendance taking to make sure players who may have been out carousing the night before finished sweating the alcohol out of their system before the game. ~ Shawna Richer

I used to play hockey when I was growing up. Everyone sort of learns how to skate and play hockey at an early age. ~ Bob Dylan

Just skate for fun, don't pick up a skateboard because you want to be a pro one day. Don't forget why you started skating in the first place. ~ Steve Caballero

I've always wanted to skate. If and when I decide to retire ... I want to perform. I want to be on the ice. I want to continue contributing to the sport. I feel like I still have a lot to offer. ~ Jeremy Abbott

It's been really slow obviously, but I'm not worried about that. I feel like from where I was a couple months ago, things are a lot better. Just being able to skate and stuff was encouraging. Hopefully the next step doesn't have any hurdles. ~ Sidney Crosby

Somebody who's learning how to ice skate for the first time would need skates, a helmet for head protection and elbow pads, because you do fall quite a bit. ~ Gerad Adams

I can skate beautifully. While performing on ice I always try to please the audience and to win as well. Being artistic is very important to get the audience on your side. As for a competition, you can't win without strong technical content. ~ Evgeni Plushenko

If you skate with an Olympic level skater, they make you so much better because you're skating behind them, and you're trying to imitate their stride and their stance. It's like having the world's greatest training wheels. ~ D. B. Sweeney

Time and rest are needed for absorption. Psychologists confirm that it is really in the summer that our muscles learn to skate and in the winter, how to swim. ~ Jacques Barzun

I developed this - I don't know, like a burning love, almost, inside of me that I just wanted to get up, and I just wanted to skate every single day and get better. ~ J. R. Celski

Los Angeles is a true postmodern city. Here, we celebrate with equal aplomb the high and the low. I am just as influenced by the punk rock attitude of local skate and surf cultures as I am by old-school glamour and stardust. ~ Liz Goldwyn

Hockey wasn't invented but discovered. The game, and the large organizing idea behind Stephen Smith's deeply personal 'Puckstruck,' sleeps in ponds and in the crooked limbs of trees overhead; we merely pluck a stick from the sky and skate over the frozen world to find ourselves and each other. ~ Michael Winter

I think for kids it's the most important part of the game. You have to be able to skate forward and backward, stop and start, go from side to side. Those are the basics of the game. ~ Bobby Hull

There's an old Wayne Gretzky quote that I love. 'I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.' And we've always tried to do that at Apple. Since the very, very beginning. And we always will. ~ Steve Jobs

When I was first starting out as a kid, I tried to pad my resume with everything I had ever done - ice-skate, carry a tune. I can't dance for my life, but I can learn, so I'll tell people I can dance. I play the piano - I'm a really good pianist, actually. ~ Alexandra Daddario

The male rabbits began chattering their teeth against another's, filling the room with a spastic, scratching sound, similar to a full shift of skate blades on a puck chase, cutting fresh ice.
"An animal on a farm has no worth if it isn't useful. I earned my right to survive--I'm named! ~ Kevin Moccia

Although it's hard some days to wake up an hour earlier to do the gym workout as opposed to other skaters who just show up to the rink, I know that if I don't do it, my day will be much worse. I might as well not even skate, actually. ~ Patrick Chan

I'll skate on concrete if I have to. I'm not worried about how fast the ice is. I'm worried about how fast I can go on the ice. ~ Clara Hughes

In the New World, "spinster" gained a more precise meaning: in colonial parlance, it indicated an unmarried woman over the age of twenty-three and under the age of twenty-six. At twenty-six, women without spouses became thornbacks, a reference to a sea-skate with sharp spines covering its back and tail. It was not a compliment ~ Rebecca Traister

So for me having that element of being able to be competitive wasn't a problem. I'm very competitive. I thought if I could skate first, acting would come second. I could say my lines and then go do what I was saying. You don't have to fake it, you're not really acting. ~ John Robinson

I competitively ice skate, and I also dance, and I do a lot of theater, which also involves a lot, a lot of physicality, because you have to do a lot of fast changes. ~ Sterling Beaumon

Just getting young kids excited about hockey, then they'll want to skate, they'll want to start joining junior leagues, they'll want to play in high school, etc., so we're trying to expand at all levels. That's good for the sport, and it's good for the Ducks long term. ~ Henry Samueli

I skate a lot with my shirt off, so working out has always been important to me. I almost have as much fun working out as I do skating. And seeing your body change, and seeing yourself get bigger and more toned and cut, makes a big difference in how you feel about yourself. ~ Ryan Sheckler