Adam Rippon Quotes
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I don't follow the rules!
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My mom always taught me to stand up for what I believe in.
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I've never made a meal that I wasn't able to eat, but it that doesn't mean anyone else would ever eat it, haha!
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I know what it's like to be young and to feel like you don't belong.
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I think that in figure skating, and in sports in general, that when you're young, it's considered a huge advantage because you're fearless, and you also don't have bad past experiences. But with age comes experience, and I have found that my experience is a huge advantage to me as a competitor.
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I was living in my coach's basement.
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I enjoyed playing the other sports. I just sucked at them.
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It takes a lot of effort to look this mediocre.
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I'm able to go out there, and I'm really able to be, like, unabashedly myself. And I want somebody who's young, who's struggling, who's not sure if it's OK if they are themselves to know that it's OK.
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I can't explain witchcraft.
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Nobody loves me as much as I love me, so I guess I'll just be my own valentine.
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Chris Martin has this voice that resonates through a whole arena.
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I can't tone it down. I'm being me, and I'm being myself, and I'd be doing myself an injustice, and I'd be doing an injustice to those kids who don't feel like they're comfortable to be themselves.
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I would say that I'm a hot mess all the time.
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There are so many emotions when I step on the ice.
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Being gay has never been a big deal to me, which is why it's a little funny to be getting all this attention about it.
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My earliest memory of the Olympics was watching the 1996 Games in Atlanta. I remember everyone being so excited to watch. Seeing the American athletes on the podium, I saw myself. I knew that that was what I wanted to do. I wanted to be one of those athletes on the podium representing their country and bringing home medals.
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As an athlete, I know that I'm such a perfectionist that I'll want to go out and keep working on something over and over until it's perfect. Part of growing up is learning to take a step back.
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I think what you think of as the American people embracing - I don't think, on paper, I embody anything of that perceived persona. I think that's what people are latching on to, that I'm different.
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I remember my mom let me stay up late and watch Tara Lipinski and Michelle Kwan compete in the 1998 Olympic Games. I made paper medals and wore them the whole night. I didn't start skating until 2000, but I was so inspired by their skating that it was why I wanted to start.
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I want to inspire other young kids, no matter what their background is or where they're from or anything like that, that they can go out there and, if you work hard, you can do anything.
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I'm proud of a lot of things I've said on Twitter.