It was very much like Norman Rockwell: small town America. We walked to school or rode our bikes, stopped at the penny candy store on the way home from school, skated on the pond. Dorothy Hamill Read Quote
I’m really very glad that I had skating to be my love and my escape. I think that it always gave me something that made me feel good, and it was music, and it was peaceful, and not a lot of the other stresses of life. Dorothy Hamill Read Quote
I think Princess Diana probably had the most famous haircut, or Farrah Fawcett or Jennifer Aniston. Dorothy Hamill Read Quote
I always had the sense that nothing was never good enough – striving for perfection. My mother and I had a sort of typical mother-daughter relationship. Dorothy Hamill Read Quote
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! Dorothy Hamill Read Quote
I was passionate. I found something that I loved. I could be all alone in a big old skating rink and nobody could get near me and I didn’t have to talk to anybody because of my shyness. It was great. I was in my fantasy world. Dorothy Hamill Read Quote
Everybody has to deal with tough times. A gold medal doesn’t make you immune to that. A skater is used to falling down and getting up again. Dorothy Hamill Read Quote
I was a bratty little sister. I was the youngest of three, and I often felt as though I didn’t fit in. Dorothy Hamill Read Quote
