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Dorothy Hamill

Our family life, before figur...

Our family life, before figure skating turned it upside down, seemed normal. Our town of Riverside, Connecticut, was part of Greenwich, and we had the advantage of their wonderful community, with great beaches and beautiful parks.

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Dorothy Hamill

It was very much like Norman ...

It was very much like Norman Rockwell: small town America. We walked to school or rode our bikes, stopped at the penny candy store on the way home from school, skated on the pond.

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Dorothy Hamill

A lot of people who have depr...

A lot of people who have depression understand that the last thing in the world you want to do when you're feeling that way is get up and exercise. It's virtually impossible to do that. It's like somebody beating you.

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Dorothy Hamill

I was passionate. I found som...

I was passionate. I found something that I loved. I could be all alone in a big old skating rink and nobody could get near me and I didn't have to talk to anybody because of my shyness. It was great. I was in my fantasy world.

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Dorothy Hamill

My mother stopped working whe...

My mother stopped working when she had my brother. She was a full time mom until I started getting heavily into ice skating lessons, and it got to the point where they really needed my mom to earn an income.

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Dorothy Hamill

Every time you go out on the ...

Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on.

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Dorothy Hamill

I hated to read. My mother co...

I hated to read. My mother could not get me to read. I'm going through the same thing with my daughter now. I love to read now, but I don't remember reading.

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Dorothy Hamill

I was really a spoiled brat w...

I was really a spoiled brat when I was a kid skating. Meals are cooked for you, you are driven to the rink, they make costumes for you. Your parents sit around and watch admiringly while you skate. You don't have to think about anything but skating. You're just plain spoiled.

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Dorothy Hamill

My whole family, my father's ...

My whole family, my father's side, there was a great deal of depression, and my mother's side as well.

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Dorothy Hamill

My family had a membership to...

My family had a membership to the Riverside Yacht Club where my brother, Sandy, learned to sail, and I competed in local swim races. My sister, Marcia, became a competitive springboard diver, and my brother excelled in water polo.

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Dorothy Hamill

I never really liked my short...

I never really liked my short hair; it never occurred to me that people would want it.

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Dorothy Hamill

I was always falling in and o...

I was always falling in and out of love. I was engaged when I was 16 to the first guy I ever dated, but my father told him I was too young.

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Dorothy Hamill

I always had short hair, and ...

I always had short hair, and I hated my short hair. I was always mistaken for a boy, but my mom wouldn't let me change my hair because she was always chasing me around with a hairbrush, and it was always tangled, so she just would cut it off, and she's right: short hair did suit me.

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Dorothy Hamill

In my teen years leading up t...

In my teen years leading up to the Olympics, I loved having the excuse to skip out on parties because of skating. Partying wasn't my thing anyway. Mostly I hung out with other skaters. We were all buddies, so it's not like I missed out on socializing. I was really enjoying myself.

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Dorothy Hamill

People think skating would tr...

People think skating would translate very easily to dancing, but it really doesn't. Dancing is a lot of fun and not as dangerous as being on the ice.

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Dorothy Hamill

There were no competitions on...

There were no competitions on television. The first skating competition I ever remember seeing on television was the 1968 Olympics when Peggy Fleming won.

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Dorothy Hamill

I was just ice skating. I had...

I was just ice skating. I had no concept of that. In those days you couldn't see the judges. I was this little person on the ice and they were just people that would stand around the boards.

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Dorothy Hamill

I'm really very glad that I h...

I'm really very glad that I had skating to be my love and my escape. I think that it always gave me something that made me feel good, and it was music, and it was peaceful, and not a lot of the other stresses of life.

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Dorothy Hamill

They're still considered Olym...

They're still considered Olympic eligibles, so there's never an issue whether they're going to turn pro or not. When they get to that level, money is never an issue. They make so much money now.

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Dorothy Hamill

I don't really think they saw...

I don't really think they saw anything in me, except the fact that I was interested in it. Some of the kids would miss a week here and miss a week there, I think they could see that I really enjoyed it.

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