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. Ashley Wagner More Quotes by Ashley Wagner More Quotes From Ashley Wagner I love to win, honestly. ... If you love to win, you should say it. And honestly, I'm hooked on it. Ashley Wagner honestlyshouldwinning Off the ice, I can be soft, and I can be elegant and sweet. Ashley Wagner icei-cansweet I've had so many critics over the past couple of months. I've had so many people who said I'm too old for this, I am burnt out. But, you know what, I am so hungry to make a career for myself. I was able to turn all this negativity into something positive. Ashley Wagner careerscouplepast When Im competing, I need to be strong. Ashley Wagner competingstrongneeds I really believe that women who are confident in their natural beauty are the most beautiful Ashley Wagner beautifulbeautybelieve For me, I have gay family members, and I have a lot of friends in the LBGT community. Ashley Wagner lots-of-friendsgaycommunity Skaters are infamously superstitious. Ashley Wagner skatersuperstitious Adding an Olympic medal to everything that I have already accomplished would be so huge for me. Ashley Wagner olympic-medalsaccomplishedwould-be I love hanging out with friends and family. Ashley Wagner hanging-out-with-friendshanging-outfamily-and-friends From a young age, I was viciously competitive. Ashley Wagner young-ageageyoung The Grand Prix Final is an opportunity for me to go out and experience new jumping passes in competition. I put in a triple loop-half loop-triple Salchow in the second of the program. It's a very difficult jumping pass so this is a chance for me to try out the new elements and the adjusted jumping layout to get prepared for nationals. Ashley Wagner competitionjumpingopportunity I havent mastered the art of sitting and smiling. Ashley Wagner sittingart 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. Ashley Wagner goodmemusicgirl If I train well and stay focused, I'm confident I can deliver when the time comes. Ashley Wagner stay-focusedfocusedi-cantime I give myself a cheat day where I annihilate my diet. I'm an all-American girl, so I go for a burger and fries and a shake. Ashley Wagner dietdaymyselfgirl You should not be defined by one bad performance. Ashley Wagner performancebadyoushould After a pretty amazing year that included more wins than I thought possible, I rang in 2013 by watching the Times Square ball drop on TV... and then heading directly to bed. It might not have been the typical New Year's Eve for a 21-year-old, but what can I say? It was a training night! Ashley Wagner amazingthoughttrainingnight I love 'The Vampire Diaries!' I can't help it - it's such a teeny-bopper show, but I think I just like it to stare at the guys. Ashley Wagner helplikethinklove I was very much a tomboy. I just couldn't do the pink ballet tutus. Ashley Wagner pinktomboyjustballet 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. Ashley Wagner restwinmyselfsleep
