John Nicks
John Nicks
John Allen Wisden Nicksis a British figure skating coach and former pair skater. With his sister and pairs partner, Jennifer Nicks, he is the 1953 World champion. As a coach, his skating pupils have included Peggy Fleming, pairs team Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner, Kristi Yamaguchi, Sasha Cohen, and Ashley Wagner...
heard practice rest
I thought she should practice. Then, when I heard of her rest issues, I thought she shouldn't do it.
obvious skating standard tonight
I think it was obvious the standard of skating tonight was not particularly good.
coached obvious ready skating standard tonight
I think it was obvious that the standard of skating tonight was not particularly good. I coached the same (system) for 45 years; now in two years you have to get ready for something else.
coast east helped visit wonderful worked
I think the visit to the East Coast helped her. She worked with two very wonderful coaches.
saw time
That was the first time I ever saw her distraught.
mother perhaps
Her mother called me, and I think she was perhaps a little apprehensive about my reaction. But I was very positive. I was only too pleased.
attitude came focused
She came back a different skater. She used to think about winning. Now, she's more focused on excelling. It's the right attitude for a champion.
aches few
She has a few aches and a few pains. As we all do when we get older.
fought skaters
She fought back and didn't give up. A lot of other skaters would have packed it up in the same situation.
everybody however knows skate skates
She just has to skate to her potential. If she skates to her potential, she will win, everybody knows that. However ...
man
Only one thing has changed. I was an old man then and she was a young girl, and I'm an old man and she's a young lady. That's the only difference.
answered hundred
She's answered that a hundred of times, so a hundred and one more times wouldn't have made a difference.
good mature tonight trained
She's been very much more mature and trained very hard. Tonight was a good start. It was a very good start. But it was only a start.
beautiful elegant herself skater stay
She's established herself as the most beautiful and elegant skater in the world. Now she has to stay on her feet.