Adam Rippon Quotes

Adam Rippon

Profession : Athlete

Birth : November 11, 1989

I've been skating since I was 10 years old.

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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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When I found skating, it was something that was individual, and it was something that I could focus on being my best. And I loved the whole practice, and I also loved performing. It was probably the first time I felt really good about myself and that I was good at something, because I always liked being athletic.

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I've always spoken my mind and from the heart.

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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 what it's like to be young and to feel like you don't belong.

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I know I am delusional at times, but I'm not completely-out-of-touch delusional.

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I'm representing my country whether they like me or not.

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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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I remember when I told my mom that I wanted to come out, and my mom was a little hesitant. She was saying, 'Are you sure? Do you think that might affect your scores?' or, 'Is it something that you think that you need to do?' And I told her, 'I don't care. It's important to me.'

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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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It bothers me so much that people have gone out of their way to make trans people feel less than.

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Mike Pence doesn't stand for anything that I really believe in.

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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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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 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 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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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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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 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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