Scott Moir Quotes

What our generation hopefully is doing is not believing in that so-called bad luck that Canada has with figure skating at the Olympics.

I think golf is more demanding when you‘re actually good at it.

It’s exciting for me as a male to see other guys wanting to be ice dancers.

People always think we have the summer off, but it’s the opposite. From our rink you can see through the glass to the weather outside, and on a nice day that’s really tough.

We’re not coming back unless it’s to become Olympic champions again.

When we think about making the people in the audience happy, or trying to make them feel something, it kind of goes to waste. Usually we have our best skates when we just think about each other, and we just think about being in unison, and think about the program we’re trying to do.

At Skate Canada, we have a history of very professional judging that’s very fair, and we’re proud of that.

We wanted to prove to everybody that we weren’t the same old Tessa and Scott, trying to do the same tricks again. We wanted to be different.

We’re a team that likes to win, and we expect to win every time we go out.

It’s an interesting partnership that we have, friendship, whatever you want to call it. We don’t even know what to call it. But we know that it’s special and we’re celebrating that.

That’s what we love to do and I think our skating’s at it’s best when we do that: when we draw people in and hopefully make them feel something.

We were made for each other, in a work relationship. There’s real love there. We’re so proud of the business relationship we have.

We came back. We didn’t have to. It was for us. And I think there is power to that. We’re doing this because we love figure skating, because we love ice dancing with each other. It’s a crazy thing to say, but that’s why.

I don’t think it would be fair for Tessa to do ‘Dancing With The Stars.’

My first love was hockey, but it seemed the more I skated and danced with Tessa, the more I fell in love with the sport.

For me, it’s about being true to myself and being true to our goals and not being afraid to declare what you want.

I want to inspire the next generation of athletes, not just figure skaters.

Obviously, the skaters in generations before us didn’t have the opportunity to win multiple medals at an Olympic Games. We recognize that.

Now we understand that experience counts for a lot. Tessa and I have been together for a very long time, we’ve been in a lot of situations and we know how to handle them.

People assume because we’ve been doing this so long that we can hold it together, and that’s not the case. It’s not easy to get out there with all of the country watching at home.

I’ve had partners – life partners, that didn’t understand it and I felt the pressure of that and took it out on Tessa, or vice versa I’m sure it wasn’t peachy to be in a relationship with me.

Every time I turn on the Olympics there is somebody that I know and have had intense conversations with, and that’s cool.

For some, sport is just a short chapter of their lives so I am excited to help athletes develop many life skills that they can take with them on their next chapter.

We want to go out and bring the house down. Anything short of that, we get disappointed.

We really focus when we compete, not about the placement so much, just about us having our moment.

You can’t just measure yourself solely on winning that medal. It has to be on the everyday experience.

It’s funny to look back – Tessa was seven and I was nine. I remember there wasn’t a lot of talking at the beginning. We were terrified to hold hands for quite a while.

As a coach, I am committed to not only developing well-rounded athletes but also good human beings.

It’s hard to slack off when you have these guys out there going 100 miles an hour around the ice.

Tessa is brilliant in every sense. Everybody should have a Tessa.

We’d love to have a perfect scoresheet at the Olympic Games, but at the same time we always find we skate well when we think about our feeling and our performance, and just being connected to each other.

I believe in the morals that I do. I believe in the projects I take part in and I think that has been my north star.

Ice dance was a part of my life from a young age. My older brother ice danced and like many younger brothers, I wanted to follow in my older brother’s footsteps.

I think I’m more made for radio myself.

Actually I prefer brunettes.

Tessa and I, what we’d like to be – it’s so hard to evaluate ourselves – when we’re training, focusing on things, it’s about a man and a woman, what we create between each other, working off each other.

We had a whole bunch of perks after the Olympic games like having dinner with the Queen of England and being hosted by the Prince of Monaco. We got to drop pucks at hockey games. We got to go on quite a tour.

It’s motivating to watch younger teams excel.

It’s really tricky to find someone who understands the relationship that Tessa and I have, because it’s unique.

Tess and I have a unique relationship, she is like my younger but way more mature sister.

‘The Seasons‘ program that really is part of our souls, it tells the story of our relationship of Tessa and Scott and it’s a lot of fun for our longtime fans and hopefully for our new fans.

I think maybe the reason we’ve lasted so long is we respect each other as individuals and, you know, we love each other.

I have always enjoyed being a part of a team and benefitting from lifting the spirits of a teammate one day and having them lift yours the next.

On a short program, you’ve got to be tight and you’ve got to make sure that you get all your points.

I took some time, got out of the limelight a bit, and started going back into the rinks to just help out.