I was more interested in skating and the girls and traveling than I was in calculus.

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Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart.

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Always try to maintain complete tolerance and always make an effort to give people more than they expect.

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I had a ninth grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be.

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And so figure skating was a great vehicle for me to kind of be competitive at something, without having to be big.

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Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody.

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Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

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And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well.

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When you turn professional, you become an entertainer, and like every other entertainer, you don't want to get a bad review.

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I started skating and I kind of liked it because I could run circles around the guys that wouldn't pick me to play baseball.

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