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49 quotes by Dorothy Hamill

Olympic medal record Women's figure skating Competitor for  United States Gold 1976 Innsbruck Singles Dorothy Stuart Hamill (born July 26, 1956) is a retired American figure skater. She is the 1976 Olympic champion in ladies' singles and the 1976 World champion.
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Luckily, I discovered ice skating when I was eight and a half years old. There were two wonderful ponds within walking distance of my house. After... →

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My family had a membership to the Riverside Yacht Club where my brother, Sandy, learned to sail, and I competed in local swim races. My sister... →

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Our family life, before figure skating turned it upside down, seemed normal. Our town of Riverside, Connecticut, was part of Greenwich, and we had... →

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The mind is pretty powerful. In skating, you learn to click into that zone and focus not necessarily on what you're doing but if you're doing... →

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I don't really think they saw anything in me, except the fact that I was interested in it. Some of the kids would miss a week here and miss a... →

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In group lesson number six I think we learned how to turn backwards and then just kind of wiggle. That wasn't really skating backward, but I... →

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My parents didn't have a lot of money, but we never knew that. They really did the best they could.

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It's different today than it was then. In those days we were strictly amateurs. If I had wanted to stay in for the '80 Olympics, my parents... →

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I don't think television really captures the speed and the power of skating.

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I never really liked my short hair; it never occurred to me that people would want it.

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I think Princess Diana probably had the most famous haircut, or Farrah Fawcett or Jennifer Aniston.

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I used to have terrible tantrums. I was temperamental when I was younger. Actually, what I needed was a swift kick in the pants. What a brat!

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I was always falling in and out of love. I was engaged when I was 16 to the first guy I ever dated, but my father told him I was too young.

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