Name	Scott Hamilton (Scott Scovell Hamilton)
Age	51
Height	5' 4"  (163 cm)
Build	Average
Eye Color	Blue
Hair Color	Grey
Date of Birth	August 28, 1958
Birthplace	Bowling Green, Ohio
Star Sign	Virgo
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	White
Occupation	Skating
Celebrity Index	Sc
Claim to Fame	Olympic Ice Skater
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I didn`t want to be the sissy figure skater, you know.

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When you turn professional, you become an entertainer, and like every other entertainer, you don`t want to get a bad review.

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I don`t think most teachers realize how much impact they have.

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Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody.

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That`s what makes the Ryder Cup in golf so much better than the Masters or the U.S. Open. To be a part of something that is not about personal achievement, but about representing everyone and sharing it with the whole country, it`s wonderful.

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What was really funny is that as I got older all those guys who called me a sissy in junior high school wanted me to be their best friend because they wanted to meet all the girls that I knew in figure skating.

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The only disability in life is a bad attitude.

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I had a ninth grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be.

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I was nine-years-old when I first put on skates.

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From the fall of October, 1980 to March, 1984 I never lost a competition.

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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.

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I graduated a the top of my class in the `84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal.

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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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The high road is always respected. Honesty and integrity are always rewarded.

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And so figure skating was a great vehicle for me to kind of be competitive at something, without having to be big.

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Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges.

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Everything that I`ve ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

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I`m very accessible. I don`t get into this ego thing.

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Rationality is not one of this industry`s attributes.

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Always try to maintain complete tolerance and always make an effort to give people more than they expect.

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I started skating and I kind of liked it because I could run circles around the guys that wouldn`t pick me to play baseball.

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So as an amateur Olympic competitor I loved criticism, because it made me better. But now as a professional I don`t really know how to channel it or where to take it, so I don`t take it quite as well.

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And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well.

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When you`re expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you`re the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence.

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I was more interested in skating and the girls and traveling than I was in calculus.

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Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we`re not America`s sweetheart.

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But I never really thought that I would be extraordinarily successful at skating, it`s just something that happened, you know.

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Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.

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Without strength and courage it`s really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you`re alone on the ice and you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself.

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