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I looked around and saw my competitors: they're all doing these quads, and at the same time, they're a head shorter than me, they're 10 years younger than me, and they're the size of one of my legs.
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It's 2018, and being an openly gay man and an athlete, that is part of the face of America now.
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For such a long time in my life, I didn't trust my own voice at all. I always tried to do what other people wanted.
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I know I am delusional at times, but I'm not completely-out-of-touch delusional.
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The first time I ever sang in front of a crowd of people was, like, 10,000 people in Japan at a skating exhibition.
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Sometimes I'll be listening to NPR at the gym, and I'll hear them say, 'Oh, Donald Trump did this today.' And I'm like, 'What?' All of a sudden, I have more energy than if I drank an espresso.
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As an audience member, I like to watch what they're doing, and that's one of the reasons I love skating: because it's a performance, and I love to perform. That's my favorite aspect of skating.
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Those are the moments athletes live for - we live for those exhilarating, breathless, take-your-breath-away, you're-on-the-seat-of-your-chair moments.
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My mom has always taught me to stand up for people who don't have a voice.
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I think I had a stress fracture before I broke my foot, and I think that was absolutely because I was not getting enough nutrients.
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Sometimes I might meet people, and they might just not like me, not want to get to know me. And that's OK. They're boring as hell anyway.
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Athletes are given a really special platform. It's our duty, as athletes, to be role models.
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If you ever have the option, come to the Olympics. It's, like, a fun time.
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There's no such thing as a wardrobe malfunction - only a wardrobe opportunity.
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It's totally crazy! I can't believe all the young kids doing it in competition now. It's pretty unbelievable to have an element variation named after me.
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I'm confident in who I and what I'm doing.
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It's my world, and the rest of us are living in it.
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I don't think he has a real concept of reality. To stand by some of the things that Donald Trump has said and for Mike Pence to say he's a devout Christian man is completely contradictory.
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When I am home in L.A., I love to stop by a yoga class or Soul Cycle session. There is nothing like doing some cycling in the dark to club music and candle light.
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I think I've shown the world I'm a fierce competitor, yes. But I've also shown them that I'm a fierce human being.
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1988 Olympic Champion Brian Boitano was famous for doing a Lutz with one arm over his head. And I wanted to build on that.
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Given this platform of being an Olympic athlete, I think it's really important that we stand up for what we believe in, and we speak out against things that we think are wrong and injust.
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I always loved music, to dance, and to be really active. When I started skating, it was the first time all of these things came together. It felt like magic, and I always wanted to be at the rink.
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I remember seeing people who I thought were so confident and exuberant. I remember being young and watching Oprah and being like, 'Damn. That lady is so confident. She can talk to anybody.'
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