The long program sets the men apart from the boys.

Max Aaron

Categorized in : Apart Long Men Program

If it's a day to indulge, I like to have a burrito or a steak.

day like steak indulge

I definitely love getting a massage or going to a spa.

definitely going massage love

Nothing makes you try harder than to be told that you are not good enough or that you simply do not have the skills.

nothing good you not-good-enough

I love hard work. If I'm not sweating, then I'm not working.

hard hard-work work love

There are no words to describe what it would mean making the Olympic team.

no-words words team mean

There were many times that I took such a big hit that I was dazed; I'm not going to lie. I'd see black, but I'm still looking for the puck. Where's the play going? I'm going to keep going. Same thing in figure skating. If I take a hard fall, I'm going to get up, and I'm going to do the next jump.

lie looking keep-going black

In hockey, sometimes a shift can go for a minute and a half, full out.

go hockey half sometimes

Anything is possible. No one understands how far you can push your body to the limit, and I like to play with that.

push you anything-is-possible body

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.

goals day myself regret

I like to go to bed around 10 P.M.

around go like bed

I have a pretty strict diet, and for breakfast, I have three eggs and a cup of oatmeal.

diet pretty three breakfast

I want that three quad program! That's what's going to set me apart in the U.S.

going me three want

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.

treat house home love

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.

cool remember men thinking

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.

jacket wear say lucky

Anyone who's been the Olympic trials before is a veteran.

before been veteran trials

I'm never going to let someone else tell me what I can and can't do.

someone never me i-can

I was a host and a busboy and a barback.

host

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.

nothing best i-can easy

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.

continue whatever best i-can