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"But I never really thought that I would be extraordinarily successful at skating, it's just something that happened, you know."
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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."
"What was really funny is that as I got older all those guys who called me a sissy in junior high school wanted me to be their best friend because they wanted to meet all the girls that I knew in figure skating."
"When you turn professional, you become an entertainer, and like every other entertainer, you don't want to get a bad review."
"Without strength and courage it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you're alone on the ice and you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself."
"So as an amateur Olympic competitor I loved criticism, because it made me better. But now as a professional I don't really know how to channel it or where to take it, so I don't take it quite as well."
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