Plushenko Quotes & Sayings

I think I was born to be a figure skater, I think it was fate, and I thank God for letting it happen. — Evgeni Plushenko

I'm a wealthy man now. I've got a flat, a car, I have enough money to buy food. I skate to make the people happy. If somebody skates to earn money, I don't care. I skate for the people. Besides, it's pleasant to supply Russia with gold medals. — Evgeni Plushenko

My main competitor is myself. — Evgeni Plushenko

Let me walk in beauty. — P.C. Cast

Love! The poor word. How it has suffered up and down the streets of the world. — Louise Closser Hale

This one doesn't exist. The prettiest girl and the best car don't exist as well. — Evgeni Plushenko

I wasn't fighting with Plushenko. I fought with myself and won — Alexei Yagudin

What worries me though, is that after all those victories people don't see me as a human being anymore. I am not a machine, I have a heart beating in my chest -not an engine, there's blood in my veins- not oil. I know pain and fatigue. I can lose but I will strive to win everything. — Evgeni Plushenko

Fame's carapace does not allow for easy breathing. — Joyce Carol Oates

I just adore jumping. I do the rest as it is supposed to be done. — Evgeni Plushenko

I can skate beautifully. While performing on ice I always try to please the audience and to win as well. Being artistic is very important to get the audience on your side. As for a competition, you can't win without strong technical content. — Evgeni Plushenko

I try not to think about marks, the first place or gold medal. The most important thing is to show what you are capable of on ice. The rest will come on its own. — Evgeni Plushenko

Viktor Petrenko and I met at a competition, where I beat him completely accidentally. I felt so embarrassed in front of my idol. — Evgeni Plushenko

It doesn't matter what kind of result will be in the end. I already win for myself. — Evgeni Plushenko

Miss Kirwin was that rare educator who was in love with information. I will always believe that her love of teaching came not so much from her liking for students but from her desire to make sure that some of the things she knew would find repositories so that they could be shared again. — Maya Angelou

At school I fought sometimes. Kids were saying that figure skating is sport for the girls. Then I had to prove them wrong. — Evgeni Plushenko

I skate for the fans. It's not as fun without them there supporting me. I get energy from them and I want to skate well for them. They relax me. They make me happy when I skate for them. I feel the Americans like me more and more each time I tour. — Evgeni Plushenko

If the Olympic champion doesn't know how to jump quad, I don't know. Now it's not figure skating. Now it's dancing. — Evgeni Plushenko

An ounce of courage will go farther with women than a pound of timidity. — Honore De Balzac

It's everything for me. Without figure skating, I am nothing. — Evgeni Plushenko

I never really knew I wanted to 'be' a writer, but I was always writing from a very young age. It became more conscious as an ideal when I was in my twenties. — Joyce Carol Oates