The better skater in his freestyle program will likely win the round, the competition, the gold medal and all the commercial spoils that go with it.

My philosophy, when they come out the first day, is, if you want to become a better hockey player you have to be a better skater.

She is a better skater in her second career than in her first.

But I think she can become a better professional skater.

In the off-season, Godard worked on becoming a better skater, and he has clearly picked up speed.

She is much improved since then, as she showed last week, a better skater athletically and esthetically.

Tverdovsky is the better skater, but Burns indicated that would not be the deciding factor.

He was a much better skater, coming on steadily, the wind catching his coat and swirling it behind him.

He also thinks he is a better skater than both Zeke and Luther.

"I'll probably be a better skater for this happening."