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.

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.

Some people eat, some people drink, some people smoke. I Pledge.

Creating emotion was what my career was all about. I wanted people to laugh at me; I wanted people to cry with me. I wanted people to feel good or to think about something when they watched me. I think that's why, even not being an Olympic champion, I have such a huge following around the world.

I love the Olympic Games. The Olympics are an event that few can fathom but all can enjoy, and that's why athletes work our whole lives to put on the greatest show on Earth.

I grew my beard out a little bit just to show that indeed I am a man.