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"What spreads the stench of bad conduct? It is the egoism and other 'flaws'."

"The ego dies and the ego lives, but people say that 'I died'. That which takes birth and dies is the ego, and the Soul is in the same place (is always intact). Even Pudgal (the atoms that were charged; which are being discharged in the form of mind, body, speech) is in the same place. The issue is only of the ego in the middle."

"An obese ego is just about the heaviest thing you'll ever carry. So maybe you should stop feeding it."

"When you're appeasing too much, you might be egotistically over-estimating everyone's need for your approval."

"As long as the egoism is alive, 'my-ness' remains within the self."

"My ego drives me nuts. It asks me to be competitive, creative, and smart."

"We measure everything by ourselves with almost a necessary conceit."
Explore more quotes by Scott Hamilton

"And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well."

"What was really funny is that as I got older all those guys who called me a sissy in junior high school wanted me to be their best friend because they wanted to meet all the girls that I knew in figure skating."

"When you turn professional, you become an entertainer, and like every other entertainer, you don't want to get a bad review."

"Without strength and courage it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you're alone on the ice and you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself."

"So as an amateur Olympic competitor I loved criticism, because it made me better. But now as a professional I don't really know how to channel it or where to take it, so I don't take it quite as well."

"Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart."

"Fame is a very confusing thing, because you are recognized by a lot of people that you've never seen before, and they're at a great advantage."
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