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" I love hanging out with friends and family. "
Ashley Wagner
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" I'm the type of skater that needs to stay upbeat and relaxed, open, because if I stay quiet, I get in my head, and then I start to think too much and start to doubt. "
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" I'm not a crier. "
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" Skating is one of those sports you unfortunately see people get stuck in. "
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" People don't want to watch a sport where you see people fall down and somehow score above someone who goes clean. "
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" I'm not a pretty princess, and I'm aware of that, so I like music that is really intense, really bold, and characters that in a way almost have a dark side and are kind of evil because, for me, that's when I feel my strongest and fiercest, when I'm not necessarily the good girl. "
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" I live in California, so I do stand-up paddle board, which is a killer workout. I also run, about four miles every three days. "
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" Off the ice, I can be soft, and I can be elegant and sweet. "
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" You should not be defined by one bad performance. "
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" I'm so proud to be an Army brat, but it was not an easy life. Moving around so much, skating was that one constant thing I had to hold on to. "
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" I'm a show pony, and I don't get to skate with girls doing triple Axels every single day. I skate with little babies who are working on their single Axels while trying not to hit them on the ice. "
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" I love to win, honestly... If you love to win, you should say it. And honestly, I'm hooked on it. "
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" Yu Na Kim, Mao Asada, Carolina Kostner - all these girls can do triple-triples in their sleep, and they have the skating skills and the spins and the rest of the technical jumps. So I have to have that as well if I want to be able to call myself 'competitive' against them. And when I say 'competitive,' I mean I want to win. "
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" In 2010, I was 17 or 18 and thought, 'Yeah, the Olympics, that might happen.' "
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" If I train well and stay focused, I'm confident I can deliver when the time comes. "
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" I'm always looking for a way to give myself something new as a person. "
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" When I'm competing, I need to be strong. "
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" When I step out onto the ice to compete 'Romeo and Juliet,' I don't feel like a fighter. I feel very nervous, and it's very difficult for me to get into the mindset for it. "
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" A lot of people who watch figure skaters want us to look like pretty princesses. I want people to see the athlete, and I want to look like a woman among girls. "
Ashley Wagner
" When my parents were paying for my sport, it wasn't just me out on the ice. Pretty much every dollar my mom made teaching went into my skating. "
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" I haven't mastered the art of sitting and smiling. "
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" I want people to see a real person on the ice. I want to seem tangible, hard-working, passionate about my skating, not just going out and doing something I've rehearsed a million times. "
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" Years ago, I tore out a Nike ad featuring Allyson Felix and Maria Sharapova looking super fierce and tough. I always told my family that I wanted to be like them someday, so to come home to my apartment and see boxes of Nike gear stacked higher than my doorknob is pretty much a dream come true. "
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