Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton
Scott Scovell Hamiltonis a retired American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist. He won four consecutive U.S. championships, four consecutive World Championshipsand a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics. His signature move is a backflip, a feat that few other figure skaters could perform and is against USFSA and Olympic competition rules, but which he would include in his exhibition routines to please the crowd...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFigure Skater
Date of Birth28 August 1958
CityToledo, OH
CountryUnited States of America
We know other people are hurting. There is a large sum of money that might be available for other programs.
The people here have already had so much taken away. We don't want them now thinking they are going to die in the shelters.
You get philosophical ... There's always a bigger fish, you know? And it's hard to feel sorry for yourself when you know other people are going through things much worse than you are,
Theoretically, it's probably not going to be worth your while to apply. That's one of the problems we're working on. We have to go back to our original intent (for the money). It is our intent to help people who relied on the government. There are people who have already started to rebuild. How do you go back and help them?
If people have come back, if they don't have the right information, if we create problems up front that have to be solved later, it'll delay everything.
I just try to touch people's hearts in a way through skating, so they're not just witnessing a performance, they're feeling a performance and they're a part of it.
Always try to maintain complete tolerance and always make an effort to give people more then they expect.
Fame is a very confusing thing, because you are recognized by a lot of people that you've never seen before, and they're at a great advantage.
It's hard to ask people who have been through so much for patience. But no one has ever done this before.
I get tired, too, and when I do, I think about the people I'm doing this for and I'm re-energized.'
It has become pretty clear to us that a lot of people have significant damage but not at 50 percent.
It empowers the skater to participate in the result in a way she never has before. It is a step in the right direction.
It doesn't means all the roads are open to the public, but emergency units have more capacity to travel.
We will cheer Emily on enthusiastically, but my heart hurts for Michelle Kwan.