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I wanted to learn how to skate backwards and they wouldn't help me and they went off and left me on my own.
I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal.
Sports provides that tool kit to be successful in life. Because it's not always going to be smooth sailing.
I don't really believe in regret or mistakes. I try to take everything as it is, be comfortable with myself.
I think if I just do what I do every day, on the extraordinary Olympic stage, I could be a podium contender.
It's just skating, and you're going to have a couple of mistakes. Even in practice, you're not hitting 100%.
I love weekends. Just like everyone else, I get to rest on weekends and go out with friends. I hate Mondays.
I had a ninth grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be.
To have full and multiple criteria is the best way to decide who is best prepared to be on that Olympic team.
Teens should always remember they are unique, special, and bring something to the world that no one else can.
The Olympics are great for notoriety right off the bat, but your body of work is what people remember you for.
I want to create things while I have time on Earth, and the art of costume and culture has always inspired me.
There are some things I keep sacred. My middle name. Who I sleep with. And what kind of hand moisturizer I use.
I definitely don't think of myself as an actual male model. I'm far too short and my legs are far too muscular.
Winning is not about how many medals you get-it's about accomplishing goals and just being the best you can be!
I can't even imagine what it's like and right now I'm like in shock, I can't believe that I'm Olympic Champion.
I kind of do this awkward body language because, growing up, I had a really hard time expressing myself vocally.
To me, figure skating is an art form, and that's what I always try to bring in, even to my competitive programs.
If you represent your country and millions of people are watching, it comes through a lot of grit and hard work.
People don't want to watch a sport where you see people fall down and somehow score above someone who goes clean.
That makes me think of spandex-covered football players. It's not me. I'm in rhinestones and velvet, not spandex.
Sometimes, success almost haunts you. You want to be the best at everything you do and know you have to work hard.
Even though I'm very Westernized as an individual and very Canadian, I guess I've lost some of my Chinese culture.
Every Olympics, we always end up having someone on the podium that we had no idea, or we didn't expect them to be.
Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody.
And so figure skating was a great vehicle for me to kind of be competitive at something, without having to be big.
I might be more of a tomboy on the ice, but when it comes to fashion and things like that, I'm a total girlie-girl.
If the Olympic champion doesn't know how to jump quad, I don't know. Now it's not figure skating. Now it's dancing.
I want to see sunrises in the mountains. You never get to see such things enough in a lifetime. I want to see more.
Nothing has been easy for me... I've always had to work for everything I've gotten and everything I've accomplished.
If you are a complete perfectionist, then the truth is that this ice skating business will drive you a little crazy!
Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.
My favorite band is probably The Cure. We can throw Talking Heads in there too, I listen to them a lot. But The Cure.
A really important part of competition is coming back, trying to do it better the second time than you did the first.
I'm determined to go right to the end to find justice. Of course I am not happy, I feel very bitter and disappointed.
Classic music will always come across better on the ice because skating has such a rich history, rooted in tradition.
I’m good when I’m alone. I’m comfortable when I’m alone. I can sit and do lots of things all by myself. Sex included.
Even at a young age, when you start to do well, it's tough because it's lonely on top, and I wasn't the most popular.
I'm slowly feeling more Chinese and feel I should be more proud of being Chinese and appreciate where I've come from.
I was born in Canada for a reason. It was because my parents wanted me to have the freedoms that this country offers.
And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well.
Wings are not only for birds; they are also for minds. Human potential stops at some point somewhere beyond infinity.
Skating isn't about the medals or the results. I love what I do. It's much more fun to win, but you cannot every time.
There's a lot of things I nerd out over. Quantum Mechanics. I also love Dungeons and Dragons. I want to be an astronaut.
I wouldn't participate in 'Stars on Ice' if I were asked. I find it an amateurish tour in a way, the production quality.
Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under pressure.
Injuries are a huge thing for skating. I think skating is a very unnatural sport for the body, very tough on the joints.
I am often criticized for spending too much time off the ice, but if you were in my shoes, you'd see how necessary it is.
I would encourage people to participate in sports. You don't have to dream of being an Olympic or a professional athlete.
I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!