Adam Rippon Quotes

Adam Rippon

Profession : Athlete

Birth : November 11, 1989

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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It might come off as cocky, but I've been through a lot in my life.

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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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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 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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Athletes are given a really special platform. It's our duty, as athletes, to be role models.

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I don't want my Olympic experience to be about Mike Pence. You know, I want it to be about my amazing skating and being America's sweetheart.

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I'm not like a gay icon or America's gay sweetheart. I'm just America's sweetheart, and I'm just an icon.

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Sometimes I just get attention, and I really don't know how it happens.

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I know that I can do myself better than anybody else can.

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I personally don't have anything to say to Mike Pence. I'm very lucky because legislation that he's pushed hasn't affected my life at all. I spoke out because there are people out there whose lives have been affected by change that he's tried to make.

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Being gay is not something that defines me. What defines me is what my mom always taught me: to treat everyone with respect, to always be a hard worker, and to be kind.

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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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Growing up, I really didn't have a lot of role models.

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I would absolutely not go out of my way to meet somebody who I felt has gone out of their way to not only show that they aren't a friend of a gay person but that they think that they're sick.

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What makes America great is that we're all so different.

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I always said that if I had the platform and the opportunity to share my story and make it easier for others, I would - so that, in a way, I can be the role model that I was looking for as a kid.

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