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

I've always wanted to make a music video with skating and different imagery, something very artistic.

I'm hoping my presence alone in Russia will be a show of strength for the Russian LGBT community.

Masculinity is what you believe it to be. I think masculinity and femininity is something that's very old-fashioned. There's a whole new generation of people who aren't defined by their sex or race or who they like to sleep with.

It's really grinding to always play out of both sides of your mind and always be thinking what will offend people. Or what won't. But I'm strong enough to deal with that. I own that I'm freakish in my way.

I feel like at the Olympics I gave the best performance of my life and I wasn't rewarded for that as an athlete. Yes, my fans and my mom were happy about it, but I didn't win that gold medal.

I'm a tough person. I wasn't afraid of other kids because I understood that someday they'd wash my car.