Ashley Wagner Quotes
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Yu Na Kim, Mao Asada, Carolina Kostner - all these girls can do triple-triples in their sleep, and they have the skating skills and the spins and the rest of the technical jumps. So I have to have that as well if I want to be able to call myself 'competitive' against them. And when I say 'competitive,' I mean I want to win.
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I'm scrappy.
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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.
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You always imagine everything will go so smoothly in the Olympic season.
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To put on a performance, you have to be emotional. You can't be a zombie.
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I love Pinterest! Pinterest is absolutely phenomenal when you're trying to come up with a costume design.
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I know roughly when I skate a good program where the score should end up.
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I can adapt to change easily, but I'm not a fan of it.
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I love hanging out with friends and family.
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Skating is one of those sports you unfortunately see people get stuck in.
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I always loved Michelle Kwan's outfits. Most of them were designed by Vera Wang, and they're just so simple, but the fabric that they used and the way that it was sewn together look so elegant and rich. You could tell that time had been put into it. It wasn't just another spandex, stucco-covered costume.
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I'm so proud to be an Army brat, but it was not an easy life. Moving around so much, skating was that one constant thing I had to hold on to.
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I'm a show pony, and I don't get to skate with girls doing triple Axels every single day. I skate with little babies who are working on their single Axels while trying not to hit them on the ice.
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My parents told me, 'Skating is a privilege, not a right, and school always comes first.'
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Off the ice, I can be soft, and I can be elegant and sweet.
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I'm vicious. I can be nice off the ice, but on the ice, that's not where it's time to make friends.
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I'm such a strong-headed person and so stubborn, I don't need someone to be sweet to me.
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I'm a strong-headed person, and you can always tell how I'm feeling in that moment.
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Adding an Olympic medal to everything that I have already accomplished would be so huge for me.
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I'm the type of skater that needs to stay upbeat and relaxed, open, because if I stay quiet, I get in my head, and then I start to think too much and start to doubt.