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I never really liked my short hair; it never occurred to me that people would want it.
Go and fight every day, no matter what's happened the day before or what might happen.
I showed myself a lesser version of myself that night, and I’m glad I learned from it.
When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.
I can do all my jumps in practice, three in a row, five out of five, four out of five.
One day I woke up, and I felt like I knew I wanted to be an analyst and a broadcaster.
Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it.
I was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too.
I always try to have a fun nail. It's something whimsical that you can pull off anytime.
A figure skater is not just a figure skater who does great jumps. He is an artist on ice.
I went to USC for writing. I was judgmental of actors and their Starbucks and fancy cars.
I moved to L.A. to write and direct. I had no intentions of being in front of the camera.
It's only when an artist becomes a master that they are fully able to express themselves.
Now the fact that people are saying, 'Oh my God, he's finally come out' - I was never in.
The past couple years training with Kurt have really brought inspiration into my skating.
Don't focus on the negative things that can happen, just think about the positive things.
I always wear my evil eye necklace to ward off bad karma. I always wear one to protect me.
I would love to be a spokes model for Karl Lagerfeld or Balenciaga or something like that.
When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.
Watching previous figure skaters, I always wondered why they cried after their performance.
When I was younger, I always dreamed of being a legend, to be remembered in figure skating.
In figure skating, you have four minutes to do your best. It's your time; you do your best.
I really believe that women who are confident in their natural beauty are the most beautiful
We wanted to be achievers, but being an achiever didn't mean that you stopped being a woman.
Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart.
I am very competitive, so when I fail I use what I learned from that mishap to fuel success.
The SoCal weather can't be beat, but I just haven't quite been able to embrace the lifestyle.
There are only so many skaters like Brian Orser. Nobody is going to just step into his shoes.
People are really sick of seeing the winner not win and what the public thinks should happen.
We Wanted to be Achievers, But Being an Achievers didn't Mean That You Stopped Being a Woman.
That's what amateur skating is about, technical expertise, and it should always stay that way.
I never really like to skate in an empty ice rink; I always need the attention of an audience.
For me, it's not about building bulk in my muscles; it's about staying tiny, strong, and lean.
Once you have a child, your heart is forever outside your body. I totally understand that now.
My experience at the 1992 Winter Olympics was my fulfillment of dreaming the Impossible Dream.
It is a process of finding the right music then planning a costume to fit that style of music.
I was so proud to have the chance to be able to represent Canada at the Olympics in Vancouver.
The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.
Adding an Olympic medal to everything that I have already accomplished would be so huge for me.
I'm happy because I got another medal. It's a competition and it's ice and anything can happen.
To sum up my idea of on-ice costume fashion sense, it's probably that too much is never enough.
Skating taught me to set a goal and to block out other things and just focus on this one thing.
I look back, in an endearing way, on that time of my life when I was competing at the Olympics.
I think back to my time when I was skating: I was 15, and there was no such thing as Instagram.
Nobody gets lucky all the time. Nobody can win all the time. Nobody's a robot. Nobody's perfect.
You see figure skaters fall all the time. It's the way you pick yourself back up and keep going.
I skate just to satisfy my own desire and not care about other peoples desire for me to do well.
I love to win, honestly... If you love to win, you should say it. And honestly, I'm hooked on it.
The fact that an icon would even utter my name or have any idea of who I am is absolutely unreal.
I'm hoping my presence alone in Russia will be a show of strength for the Russian LGBT community.