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I don't want to look back-I want to keep looking ahead. I'd hate for my defining moment to be my past.
Scott Hamilton
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Scott Hamilton
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 28
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Scott Scovell Hamilton
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That's what makes the Ryder Cup in golf so much better than the Masters or the U.S. Open. To be a part of something that is not about personal achievement, but about representing everyone and sharing it with the whole country, it's wonderful.
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The only disability in life is a bad attitude.
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I don't think most teachers realize how much impact they have.
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But I never really thought that I would be extraordinarily successful at skating, it's just something that happened, you know.
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