Ashley Wagner Quotes
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I was very much a tomboy. I just couldn't do the pink ballet tutus.
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My mom devised a plan to get me out of the house and gave me the choice between ballet or skating. She knew both of those sports were time-consuming and would keep me busy with hours of practice.
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I give myself a cheat day where I annihilate my diet. I'm an all-American girl, so I go for a burger and fries and a shake.
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Skaters are infamously superstitious.
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I went through my awkward teenage years. I don't want to go back.
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Seabeck is slow to change.
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The SoCal weather can't be beat, but I just haven't quite been able to embrace the lifestyle.
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I love hockey. That's actually one of my favorite sports.
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I want to stay involved in sports in one way or another.
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I just believe in equality for all.
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For me, I have gay family members, and I have a lot of friends in the LBGT community.
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Years ago, I tore out a Nike ad featuring Allyson Felix and Maria Sharapova looking super fierce and tough. I always told my family that I wanted to be like them someday, so to come home to my apartment and see boxes of Nike gear stacked higher than my doorknob is pretty much a dream come true.
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I want people to see a real person on the ice. I want to seem tangible, hard-working, passionate about my skating, not just going out and doing something I've rehearsed a million times.
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When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.
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In 2010, I was 17 or 18 and thought, 'Yeah, the Olympics, that might happen.'
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If I train well and stay focused, I'm confident I can deliver when the time comes.
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Some skaters, they live for skating, and they are home-schooled. I'm very lucky my parents let me go to school and have a normal life.
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I think the great thing about social media is it gives people access to you on a totally personal level that they didn't have before, so it's really important, and it's a great way to get people involved and excited about what you're doing.
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When I fall, I fall hard.
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I'm not a crier.
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I think growing up in skating, I was surrounded by the LGBT community, so I grew up very aware because I was around it so often, and some of the kindest people I know are gay figure skaters.
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The fact that an icon would even utter my name or have any idea of who I am is absolutely unreal.
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I'm not a pretty princess, and I'm aware of that, so I like music that is really intense, really bold, and characters that in a way almost have a dark side and are kind of evil because, for me, that's when I feel my strongest and fiercest, when I'm not necessarily the good girl.
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I haven't mastered the art of sitting and smiling.