Nancy Kerrigan Quotes

"Even now I can't describe why I love skating so much."

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

"I started skating when I was six years old."

"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."

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

"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."

"People would ask me why I was doing what I was doing - but I always told them that I just loved to skate. There was no other explanation."

"And I love what I do and I love skating."

"I've worn some costumes designed by the Boston Ballet and I have also bought simple costumes from Petersons (a dance store) in Burlington, MA."

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

"My life has been a whirlwind since the '94 Olympics."

"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."

"Falling down became second nature and it really didn't bother me."

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

"I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!"

"I watched skating on TV all of the time."

"I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open."

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

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