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
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,
It has become pretty clear to us that a lot of people have significant damage but not at 50 percent.
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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.
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Even though I had tried to mentally prepare myself for bad news, there was no damming up the flood of emotions roaring through my body, ... Landing It: My Life on and Off the Ice.