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Top 25 Nancy Kerrigan Quotes (2025 Update)

Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose.”

1. “Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose.”

— Nancy Kerrigan

Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “I was a tomboy who liked to play rough just like my two older brothers. That’s probably why I liked the athletic part of skating – especially the jumping!”

2. “I was a tomboy who liked to play rough just like my two older brothers. That’s probably why I liked the athletic part of skating – especially the jumping!”

— Nancy Kerrigan

Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “It was never about winning medals or being famous.”

3. “It was never about winning medals or being famous.”

— Nancy Kerrigan

Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “Even now, my husband Jerry, our son Matthew and I live only five minutes away from my parents home, and my brothers live about ten minutes away. It’s been great having such a supportive family.”

4. “Even now, my husband Jerry, our son Matthew and I live only five minutes away from my parents home, and my brothers live about ten minutes away. It’s been great having such a supportive family.”

— Nancy Kerrigan

Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “It was always fun to skate with Paul Wylie and Paul Martini.”

5. “It was always fun to skate with Paul Wylie and Paul Martini.”

— Nancy Kerrigan

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Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “I took group lessons at a rink near my home. We first had to learn how to stand up on the ice wearing skates. Eventually we learned to move forward, but soon found out that it was not that easy to stop! So that was our next important lesson.”

6. “I took group lessons at a rink near my home. We first had to learn how to stand up on the ice wearing skates. Eventually we learned to move forward, but soon found out that it was not that easy to stop! So that was our next important lesson.”

— Nancy Kerrigan

Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start young. But, I practice with many adult competitors.”

7. “There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start young. But, I practice with many adult competitors.”

— Nancy Kerrigan

Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “People would ask me why I was doing what I was doing – but I always told them that I just loved to skate. There was no other explanation.”

8. “People would ask me why I was doing what I was doing – but I always told them that I just loved to skate. There was no other explanation.”

— Nancy Kerrigan

Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “It wasn’t always easy getting up at 5 o’clock in the morning to go to the rink. Sometimes I wanted to just go back to sleep.”

9. “It wasn’t always easy getting up at 5 o’clock in the morning to go to the rink. Sometimes I wanted to just go back to sleep.”

— Nancy Kerrigan

Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas – but I did too!”

10. “I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas – but I did too!”

— Nancy Kerrigan

Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open.”

11. “I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open.”

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Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “My parents never pressured me to skate. They always said I could quit if I wanted to. They only expected me to skate when they had already paid for the expensive lessons. But, otherwise they said I could do what I wanted to do.”

12. “My parents never pressured me to skate. They always said I could quit if I wanted to. They only expected me to skate when they had already paid for the expensive lessons. But, otherwise they said I could do what I wanted to do.”

— Nancy Kerrigan

Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “My life has been a whirlwind since the ’94 Olympics.”

13. “My life has been a whirlwind since the ’94 Olympics.”

— Nancy Kerrigan

Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “And I love what I do and I love skating.”

14. “And I love what I do and I love skating.”

— Nancy Kerrigan

Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “Falling down became second nature and it really didn’t bother me.”

15. “Falling down became second nature and it really didn’t bother me.”

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Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “My hobbies are painting, crafts, and I like golfing.”

16. “My hobbies are painting, crafts, and I like golfing.”

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Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “People are really sick of seeing the winner not win and what the public thinks should happen.”

17. “People are really sick of seeing the winner not win and what the public thinks should happen.”

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Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “I like to try all kinds of styles so it always challenges me and forces me to try to look different.”

18. “I like to try all kinds of styles so it always challenges me and forces me to try to look different.”

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Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “But after a few minutes of convincing myself that I really wanted to go – telling myself that I love skating and that my coach is there waiting for me – I would get up and go. And my mother would always get up and eat breakfast with me!”

19. “But after a few minutes of convincing myself that I really wanted to go – telling myself that I love skating and that my coach is there waiting for me – I would get up and go. And my mother would always get up and eat breakfast with me!”

— Nancy Kerrigan

Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “Even now I can’t describe why I love skating so much.”

20. “Even now I can’t describe why I love skating so much.”

— Nancy Kerrigan

Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “I think it’s a lot harder for the pros to have a long career in ice dance and in pairs. It seems the singles have a little bit of a longer career.”

21. “I think it’s a lot harder for the pros to have a long career in ice dance and in pairs. It seems the singles have a little bit of a longer career.”

— Nancy Kerrigan

Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “It is a process of finding the right music then planning a costume to fit that style of music.”

22. “It is a process of finding the right music then planning a costume to fit that style of music.”

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Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “I do not have any pets. We travel too much.”

23. “I do not have any pets. We travel too much.”

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Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “I get to see the different sides of skating now which involves not only competing, but entertainment.”

24. “I get to see the different sides of skating now which involves not only competing, but entertainment.”

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Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “I worked also, doing things such as our paper route and, later on, waitressing.”

25. “I worked also, doing things such as our paper route and, later on, waitressing.”

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Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “I started skating when I was six years old.”

26. “I started skating when I was six years old.”

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Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters.”

27. “One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters.”

— Nancy Kerrigan

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Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “But it seems that the judging maybe they shouldn’t at least see the practices all week long. That can taint the way they go into the judging and the outlook of what’s going to happen, instead of just watching those four minutes and judging on those minutes alone.”

28. “But it seems that the judging maybe they shouldn’t at least see the practices all week long. That can taint the way they go into the judging and the outlook of what’s going to happen, instead of just watching those four minutes and judging on those minutes alone.”

— Nancy Kerrigan

Nancy Kerrigan Quote: “My dad worked several jobs to pay for my expense in skating.”

29. “My dad worked several jobs to pay for my expense in skating.”

— Nancy Kerrigan

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