"In hockey, sometimes a shift can go for a minute and a half, full out."
"Anything is possible. No one understands how far you can push your body to the limit, and I like to play with that."
"I push myself as hard as I can every day so I can achieve my goals and so I feel I have nothing to regret later on after my career."
"I like to go to bed around 10 P.M."
"If it's a day to indulge, I like to have a burrito or a steak."
"I have a pretty strict diet, and for breakfast, I have three eggs and a cup of oatmeal."
"I want that three quad program! That's what's going to set me apart in the U.S."
"I love any event in the United States because I treat it like it's my home, my house. And I'm going to protect it."
"I remember watching the 2002 Olympic Games and watching the men's event. I just started figure skating, and I remember thinking how cool it would be to be there."
"I can't say I have a lucky charm, but I do wear a 3/4-zip U.S.A. jacket I wear to every event. I got it from Nike, and it was from the 2012 Olympic Games."
"I definitely love getting a massage or going to a spa."
"Anyone who's been the Olympic trials before is a veteran."
"There are no words to describe what it would mean making the Olympic team."
"I'm never going to let someone else tell me what I can and can't do."
"I was a host and a busboy and a barback."
"The long program sets the men apart from the boys."
"I have my struggles. But I'm doing whatever it takes to be an artist, to be the best technical jumper I can be, the best spinner I can be. Nothing is easy about that. But I'm doing whatever I can to be the best."
"When I decided to continue in the sport, I decided I would do whatever it takes to be the best figure skater I can be."
"Before I broke my back, I was really looking forward to playing hockey at the University of Michigan. That was my biggest goal."
"No fear - that's my approach every single time I'm on the ice."
"I want to be the top man in our sport. I want to be that guy everyone wants to see skate."
"I'm looking towards that Olympic medal and that Olympic gold and what it's going to take to get there."
"I was tired of getting last or fifth or sixth. I was tired of falling multiple times in a program. I was tired of competing differently than how I trained. If I was going to do that, why train so hard? I took a step back, and I figured out what I wanted to change about myself."
"At the end of the day, I could go back to getting sixth or seventh place and being a mediocre skater, or I could be a champion. I want to be a champion."
"Some days it's tough, and I don't want to train my mental game, or I don't want to train my components as hard as I used to."
