Adam Rippon Quotes
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Representing the U.S.A. is one of the greatest honors of my life, and being able to do it as my authentic self makes it all so much sweeter.
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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've been skating since I was 10 years old.
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I can't explain witchcraft.
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Chris Martin has this voice that resonates through a whole arena.
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Honestly, it's really fun to be yourself. It's really fun to be me.
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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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I was living in my coach's basement.
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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 think it's so important for somebody like me to stand up for the things I believe in and speak up on things I don't think are right.
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I've gotten a lot of attention, I think, just for being myself. I think that a lot of people, when they come to a competition, are afraid to be themselves no matter who they are.
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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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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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It takes a lot of effort to look this mediocre.
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I don't follow the rules!
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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 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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They usually say that after the Olympic Games, somebody's life changes forever, and a lot of times, it's the gold medalist. But I have a feeling that my life has changed forever.
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I'm proud of a lot of things I've said on Twitter.
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I would say that I'm a hot mess all the time.
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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.