A Star on Ice with Scott Hamilton #070
It's a Good Life
Brian Buffini
4.4 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2017
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
“The greatest strength is a lack of weakness.” — Scott Hamilton
Although Olympic gold medalist, Scott Hamilton may make figure skating look easy, his journey to becoming the best was anything but. Adopted at 6-weeks old, Scott spent much of his childhood in and out of hospitals and felt different from the other kids. With ice skating, he not only found common ground; he discovered he had talent. In this episode, Scott shares his story, from finishing last in early national skating competitions to competing on the world stage to being diagnosed with cancer. Scott delves into the effect mindset has on success, why it’s important to continue to chip away at weaknesses and the ultimate lesson he learned from figure skating. He also discusses why he started his organization, the Scott Hamilton Cares Foundation, and his work fundraising for cancer research as a cancer survivor.
Inspirational quotes from today’s interview:
“It’s not whatever challenge is in front of you, it’s how you face it.” — Scott Hamilton
“The greatest thing about winning is the 10 minutes after you win, then it’s time to get back to work.” — Scott Hamilton
“The only disability is a bad attitude.” — Scott Hamilton
“Self-esteem is the most powerful agent. If you can look kindly upon yourself, if you can recognize good things in yourself, it’ll help you avoid a lot of really bad things.” — Scott Hamilton
“The greatest strength is a lack of weakness.” — Scott Hamilton
“Skating was an important foundation for the rest of my life because it’s filled with failure after failure and then you figure it out.” — Scott Hamilton
“A big part of learning anything is falling down.” — Scott Hamilton
“Pain is a terrific teacher.” — Scott Hamilton
“When you build your excellence on a mountain of failure, you don’t fear things the same way.” — Scott Hamilton
Mentioned in the episode: Scott Hamilton Cares Foundation
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Brian Biffini Show. |
| 0:16.0 | David Lally here, producer of the show, and I'd like to congratulate Brian on the success |
| 0:20.1 | of his new book, The Emmergrindege. |
| 0:22.7 | It's now in New York Times Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon Best Seller. |
| 0:28.2 | So if you haven't gotten a copy yet, do yourself a favor, get down to your local or online |
| 0:32.1 | bookseller. |
| 0:33.1 | In the meantime, here's your host, Brian Biffini. |
| 0:41.3 | Well the top of the morning, here, welcome to the Brian Biffini Show. |
| 0:44.2 | I am so excited for all of you today. |
| 0:47.1 | I think anyone who listens to this show today is going to be blessed. |
| 0:51.0 | Your life is going to be better. |
| 0:52.7 | You're going to have a smile on your face. |
| 0:54.1 | You're going to be inspired. |
| 0:55.1 | You're going to be encouraged by our next guest. |
| 0:57.9 | He is one of the best known names in the history of World Figure Skating and so much |
| 1:03.8 | more. |
| 1:04.8 | Scott Hamilton has won four consecutive US national championships, four consecutive world |
| 1:10.0 | championships, an Olympic gold medalist. |
| 1:12.5 | You name it. |
| 1:13.5 | He's done it. |
| 1:14.5 | Founder of Stars on Ice Network TV Skating Analyst, actor, performer, producer, Emmy Award |
| 1:19.7 | nominee, best selling author, humanitarian. |
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