Top 15 Quotes by Sarah Hughes

It's really ironic that I won, because that's not the goal that I had in mind when I went out to skate.

I think what every skater dreams of is not only skating the best program they can possibly skate, but, y'know, having the crowd roar at the end, and it was just so loud I couldn't even hear my music.

I showed everyone the medal and they said, 'Ooh, I can't believe how heavy it is,' Sometimes they were more interested in the medal than in me. I was like, 'Hey, what about me?'

It was a dream of mine to be an Olympic champion but not a lifelong goal.

Katarina Witt. She was the ultimate competitor. She would just stare down people before competition. She was relentless on the ice.

I think it was a great moment for America to have two ladies on the podium.

I started skating because I loved it. I started when I was three and I didn't know all the sacrifices and all the hardships and how difficult day-in and day-out it would be.

I want to do some skating and then go to law school in three years. I'm enjoying it and I'm going to see where it takes me.

I just skated for the fun of it.

I wear my Peggy Fleming T-shirt when I go to sleep every night before I compete, and for the past four years, it's brought me incredible good luck.