Tonya Harding Quotations

It's an image that the media has given me as a bad girl, and the only reason they gave me that image is just because of the few things that have gone wrong in my life, and also because I grew up living in a trailer.

I was told my whole life, you're fat, you're ugly, you're never going to amount to be anything.

I have never been the stereotypical figure skater.

My biological mother made my clothes or bought my clothes from Salvation Army or Goodwill.

One thing I like about boxing is that I will not have to deal with the same kind of politics that I had to in skating. In boxing, it is not about your appearance, or how your costume looks, what color it is, or how much it costs.

She hits me and she beats me and she drinks. My mom is an alcoholic.

I moved around 13 different times before I was in fifth grade, not having money, not having a lot of friends.

There are some similarities between boxing and skating. Both require power and grace. Physically, boxing is obviously much harder. I weighed between 105-108 pounds when I skated. I will weigh around 120 for my first fight. I just ate a bunch of carbohydrates, which was great, to help gain some weight. I did not lift weights at all.

I am in absolutely the best shape of my life and ready to go. I am not nervous at all. Physically and mentally, I have never felt better.

I still put on the skates once in a while, but I do not look back. I had a great career. I hope to have a great career in boxing, too. I am not bitter at the way some people may look at me. Sure, I am trying to turn my image around and be a lady. But you can be a lady, and an athlete, too.

I have put a lot of effort into boxing. This is not just a one-fight thing. I am making it my second career. I am not working eight-nine hours a day for nothing. I am 32 and just getting started, but I have the basics down. I know I still have a lot to learn. I feel I am continuing to improve everyday. I think I can take a punch okay because I have got hit pretty hard in sparring. I feel I can fight for three or four years.

I like fighting, but I hate hurting people.

Skating was put on the map, supposedly from me Everybody made a life and a livelihood, um, except me.

People are gonna believe what they want to believe And like I said before, I really don't give a damn.

Truthfully I don't remember much about anything after the Olympics 'cause I, I lost everything.