“Given this platform of being an Olympic athlete, I think it's really i...” — Adam Rippon Quote

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.

I enjoyed playing the other sports. I just sucked at them.

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.

1988 Olympic Champion Brian Boitano was famous for doing a Lutz with one arm over his head. And I wanted to build on that.

The whole Miami Heat team is my least my favorite athlete. Why? Because they keep beating my Pacers.

As an athlete, as a person, you are looking for motivation wherever you can find it.

I grew up as an athlete doing judo, so I didn't really have a conventional, feminine body type.

Being at school, being who I am, being an athlete, it was hard to find people like me. There's not many athletes that can be at my level. That was kind of hard finding people who love something so much they want to keep on doing it.

I don't know whether it's the athlete in me or the passion I have for the game: I always think that I can step back on the field and play.