Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on. Dorothy Hamill Read Quote
My parents didn’t have a lot of money, but we never knew that. They really did the best they could. Dorothy Hamill Read Quote
My mother stopped working when she had my brother. She was a full time mom until I started getting heavily into ice skating lessons, and it got to the point where they really needed my mom to earn an income. Dorothy Hamill Read Quote
I hated to read. My mother could not get me to read. I’m going through the same thing with my daughter now. I love to read now, but I don’t remember reading. Dorothy Hamill Read Quote
There were no competitions on television. The first skating competition I ever remember seeing on television was the 1968 Olympics when Peggy Fleming won. Dorothy Hamill Read Quote
I was just ice skating. I had no concept of that. In those days you couldn’t see the judges. I was this little person on the ice and they were just people that would stand around the boards. Dorothy Hamill Read Quote
They’re still considered Olympic eligibles, so there’s never an issue whether they’re going to turn pro or not. When they get to that level, money is never an issue. They make so much money now. Dorothy Hamill Read Quote
One naively thinks that by winning the Olympics, it’s going to be this switch, and then your life is going to be perfect, and that’s not reality. Dorothy Hamill Read Quote
I had the most incredible time on ‘Dancing With the Stars.’ It never occurred to me when I took it on that I would physically not be able to do it because that’s not in an Olympic competitor’s vocabulary! It was the most wonderful environment, such a nurturing environment. Dorothy Hamill Read Quote
