Kids don't know the language of figure skating. If you ask them to do a compulsory figure, they don't know how to, and that's so important for the ed…

- Brian Boitano

That's what amateur skating is about, technical expertise, and it should always stay that way.

- Brian Boitano

I love skating. I love the speed, the power, the excitement, the feeling that --- even for just a moment --- I can defy gravity and fly through the a…

- Brian Boitano

Yeah, I am a little bit, and I think it is a natural progression of the sport, of going upwards in technical ability and everything like that.

- Brian Boitano

Plus the public's attention span is so short right now, if a skater doesn't strike while the iron is hot... well it's not like people will forget you…

- Brian Boitano

From an athlete's perspective, to cancel the Olympics in regards to the threats would be absolutely devastating - especially since the Olympics - it'…

- Brian Boitano

I have to consider my greatest accomplishments winning the Olympics because everything that Ive done after that is really because of the Olympics.

- Brian Boitano

When a skater steps on the ice to compete, the nerves, the tension, and sheer suspense of that moment make for great drama.

- Brian Boitano

On the lip of the Grand Canyon. I've always wanted to do that. My very first TV special out of the Olympics was on a glacier in Alaska. Right after t…

- Brian Boitano