As an audience member, I like to watch what they're doing, and that's one of the reasons I love skating: because it's… — Adam Rippon Copy Share Image
I always loved music, to dance, and to be really active. When I started skating, it was the first time all of… — Adam Rippon Copy Share Image
I don't want my Olympic experience to be about Mike Pence. You know, I want it to be about my amazing skating… — Adam Rippon Copy Share Image
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… — Adam Rippon Copy Share Image
I remember my mom let me stay up late and watch Tara Lipinski and Michelle Kwan compete in the 1998 Olympic Games.… — Adam Rippon Copy Share Image
The first time I ever sang in front of a crowd of people was, like, 10,000 people in Japan at a skating exhibition. — Adam Rippon Copy Share Image
When I found skating, it was something that was individual, and it was something that I could focus on being my best.… — Adam Rippon Copy Share Image
If I forgot to put something on, and I have to wear a trash bag, I'm just like, 'I'm gonna rock a trash bag… — Adam Rippon Copy Share
Representing the U.S.A. is one of the greatest honors of my life, and being able to do it as my authentic self makes it… — Adam Rippon Copy Share
I've been given this amazing platform as an Olympic athlete, and there are so many people out there who don't feel like their voice… — Adam Rippon Copy Share
1988 Olympic Champion Brian Boitano was famous for doing a Lutz with one arm over his head. And I wanted to build on that. — Adam Rippon Copy Share
I love being on Twitter and interacting with different people. Also, I very dangerously love to go shopping online! — Adam Rippon Copy Share
It's 2018, and being an openly gay man and an athlete, that is part of the face of America now. — Adam Rippon Copy Share
I want to inspire other young kids, no matter what their background is or where they're from or anything like that, that they can… — Adam Rippon Copy Share
As a self-proclaimed cooking disaster, I try to makes things that I think I can easily master. — Adam Rippon Copy Share
I feel so honored that I've had the opportunity to share my story with so many people. — Adam Rippon Copy Share
Athletes are given a really special platform. It's our duty, as athletes, to be role models. — Adam Rippon Copy Share
Being gay is not something that defines me. What defines me is what my mom always taught me: to treat everyone with respect, to… — Adam Rippon Copy Share
