When my parents were paying for my sport, it wasn't just me out on the ice. Pretty much every dollar my mom… — Ashley Wagner Copy Share Image
I want people to see a real person on the ice. I want to seem tangible, hard-working, passionate about my skating, not… — Ashley Wagner Copy Share Image
My mom devised a plan to get me out of the house and gave me the choice between ballet or skating. She… — Ashley Wagner Copy Share Image
Years ago, I tore out a Nike ad featuring Allyson Felix and Maria Sharapova looking super fierce and tough. I always told… — Ashley Wagner Copy Share Image
When I step out onto the ice to compete 'Romeo and Juliet,' I don't feel like a fighter. I feel very nervous,… — Ashley Wagner Copy Share Image
Skating is one of those sports you unfortunately see people get stuck in. — Ashley Wagner Copy Share Image
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… — Ashley Wagner Copy Share Image
I might be more of a tomboy on the ice, but when it comes to fashion and things like that, I'm a total girlie-girl. — Ashley Wagner Copy Share Image
The fact that an icon would even utter my name or have any idea of who I am is absolutely unreal. — Ashley Wagner Copy Share Image
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… — Ashley Wagner Copy Share Image
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… — Ashley Wagner Copy Share Image
Some skaters, they live for skating, and they are home-schooled. I'm very lucky my parents let me go to school and have a normal… — Ashley Wagner Copy Share Image
Yu Na Kim, Mao Asada, Carolina Kostner - all these girls can do triple-triples in their sleep, and they have the skating skills and… — Ashley Wagner Copy Share Image
