If just one person, one child who is made to feel isolated, looks at me and sees that it is okay to be your own person and walk down your own path, then everything I have ever gone through will be worth it.

Figure skating is theatrical. It's artistic. It's elegant. It's extremely athletic. And there's a very specific audience for that.

To me, skating should look effortless even when you're doing the hardest of elements.

I love skating and sparkling and flying around the ice, and people clap for you. It's an amazing feeling.

When you have an audience standing and screaming the entire way through the short program and cheering every element you do, whether it's footwork, or spin, or a jump, to have that kind of emotion coming at you from every direction in the building, it's the most amazing sensation you can get as a sportsman.

Anytime you get men in glitter, it's a flamboyant occasion!

To me, figure skating is an art form, and that's what I always try to bring in, even to my competitive programs.