He grew up in St. Petersburg, Russia, where the greatest male dancers of all time have come out of. He has a way of moving and charisma about him that no one else can achieve. |
He has a way of moving and a charisma. When he steps on the ice, he has an aura about him that many people never achieve. |
He's skating very, very well. As far as the jumping and spinning, he seems fine. |
I hate sitting down and getting a concept of a program with numbers in front of me ... rather than what the music tells you. If you want to do a swooping movement that's really glorious, you can't take the time to do it because you're losing points by wasting the time. |
I think the feeling is she should go. Why wouldn't you send someone of that caliber to the Olympics? It's Michelle Kwan. She's a legend. This is someone America loves. |
It's simple: One of those girls is going to have to seize the opportunity. Who will it be? We'll just have to wait and see. |
She was an ugly little duckling — she wasn't ugly but she was a little duckling with terrible costumes, dirty skates, awkward and no spirals. To see her turn into a rock star in skating... and make a transformation from a duckling into a swan, that was probably the most exciting thing about her. |
She's a fighter, and she does the long program well, so we'll see how it turns out. And in figure skating, it's never over until the fat lady sings. |
Tara (Lipinski) got out there like a bat out of hell and skated her guts out. Michelle skated very well, but she skated conservatively. She skated great, just not fantastic. That was the difference. |
There are things about the new system that really bother me. Until they really define it better, I'm very mixed in my feelings about it. |
This is not somebody who's not proven themselves once [at the nationals], but 13 times. This is somebody who's won five world championships. |
What is so wonderful about the top four is each one has a different style. It's going to become a matter of what you enjoy seeing. |
When I think of Michelle, I think of her as a legend in her own time. |
When people look at figure skaters, they think of beauty and music. The guys' athletic prowess isn't as appreciated as much as the beauty of the girls. |