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Adam Rippon
Adam Rippon
American Athlete
Born: Nov 11, 1989
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I love being active. Adam Rippon
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I always loved music, to dance, and to be really active. When I started skating, it was the first time all of these things came together. It felt like magic, and I always wanted to be at the rink. Adam Rippon
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I know that I can do myself better than anybody else can. Adam Rippon
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Athletes are given a really special platform. It's our duty, as athletes, to be role models. Adam Rippon
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Given this platform of being an Olympic athlete, I think it's really important that we stand up for what we believe in, and we speak out against things that we think are wrong and injust. Adam Rippon
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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
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Mike Pence doesn't stand for anything that I really believe in. Adam Rippon
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Growing up, I really didn't have a lot of role models. Adam Rippon
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I enjoyed playing the other sports. I just sucked at them. Adam Rippon
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I remember when I told my mom that I wanted to come out, and my mom was a little hesitant. She was saying, 'Are you sure? Do you think that might affect your scores?' or, 'Is it something that you think that you need to do?' And I told her, 'I don't care. It's important to me.' Adam Rippon
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It takes a lot of effort to look this mediocre. Adam Rippon
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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 a performance, and I love to perform. That's my favorite aspect of skating. Adam Rippon
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Those are the moments athletes live for - we live for those exhilarating, breathless, take-your-breath-away, you're-on-the-seat-of-your-chair moments. Adam Rippon
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I want to represent my country to the best of my abilities. I want to make Reese Witherspoon proud. Adam Rippon
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I think it's so important for somebody like me to stand up for the things I believe in and speak up on things I don't think are right. Adam Rippon
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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 is being heard. I feel it's my responsibility to speak out on issues that are important. Adam Rippon
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They usually say that after the Olympic Games, somebody's life changes forever, and a lot of times, it's the gold medalist. But I have a feeling that my life has changed forever. Adam Rippon
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I would absolutely not go out of my way to meet somebody who I felt has gone out of their way to not only show that they aren't a friend of a gay person but that they think that they're sick. Adam Rippon
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I think what you think of as the American people embracing - I don't think, on paper, I embody anything of that perceived persona. I think that's what people are latching on to, that I'm different. Adam Rippon
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Sometimes I might meet people, and they might just not like me, not want to get to know me. And that's OK. They're boring as hell anyway. Adam Rippon
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I remember seeing people who I thought were so confident and exuberant. I remember being young and watching Oprah and being like, 'Damn. That lady is so confident. She can talk to anybody.' Adam Rippon
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I don't find it distracting to be me. Adam Rippon
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Being gay has never been a big deal to me, which is why it's a little funny to be getting all this attention about it. Adam Rippon
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I'm not like a gay icon or America's gay sweetheart. I'm just America's sweetheart, and I'm just an icon. Adam Rippon
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I've gotten so many messages I could even get emotional thinking about it, but I've gotten so many messages from young kids all over the country that my story's resonated with them. Adam Rippon
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