Nancy Kerrigan Quotes

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

It was never about winning medals or being famous.

I think it’s a lot harder for the pros to have a long career in ice dance and in pairs. It seems the singles have a little bit of a longer career.

I took group lessons at a rink near my home. We first had to learn how to stand up on the ice wearing skates. Eventually we learned to move forward, but soon found out that it was not that easy to stop! So that was our next important lesson.

I like to try all kinds of styles so it always challenges me and forces me to try to look different.

Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose.

I do not have any pets. We travel too much.

People are really sick of seeing the winner not win and what the public thinks should happen.

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.

My dad worked several jobs to pay for my expense in skating.

I worked also, doing things such as our paper route and, later on, waitressing.

I started skating when I was six years old.

One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters.

Even now, my husband Jerry, our son Matthew and I live only five minutes away from my parents home, and my brothers live about ten minutes away. It’s been great having such a supportive family.

I get to see the different sides of skating now which involves not only competing, but entertainment.

It is a process of finding the right music then planning a costume to fit that style of music.

And I love what I do and I love skating.

I was a tomboy who liked to play rough just like my two older brothers. That’s probably why I liked the athletic part of skating – especially the jumping!

My hobbies are painting, crafts, and I like golfing.