Quotes from Adam Rippon

I am usually wearing some sort of see-through when I am competing.

I came out seven times in one weekend. I have a flair for the dramatic.

I know I am delusional at times, but I'm not completely-out-of-touch delusional.

My mom always taught me to stand up for what I believe in.

As a self-proclaimed cooking disaster, I try to makes things that I think I can easily master.

I personally don't have anything to say to Mike Pence. I'm very lucky because legislation that he's pushed hasn't affected my life at all. I spoke out because there are people out there whose lives have been affected by change that he's tried to make.

I'm just one of those people that, if there's a problem, I want to work through it. Push through it and do everything I can. Anything.

I don't follow the rules!

I'm really go-with-the-flow, but I take things really seriously. At the same time, when things don't go my way, I don't ever freak out. Why? Why freak out?

Being gay has never been a big deal to me, which is why it's a little funny to be getting all this attention about it.

It bothers me so much that people have gone out of their way to make trans people feel less than.

I'm like a witch! You can't kill me!

I can't explain witchcraft.

I've gotten a lot of attention, I think, just for being myself. I think that a lot of people, when they come to a competition, are afraid to be themselves no matter who they are.

Sometimes I just get attention, and I really don't know how it happens.

When you're not hiding anything, it's just very easy to be yourself - shockingly.

Being gay is not something that defines me. What defines me is what my mom always taught me: to treat everyone with respect, to always be a hard worker, and to be kind.

Honestly, it's really fun to be yourself. It's really fun to be me.

I usually finish things in the last second. But I think, as I've gotten older, I don't worry about it, and I just rock it.

All the sacrifices my mom and family had made had been worth it.

I can't tone it down. I'm being me and being myself.

I can't tone it down. I'm being me, and I'm being myself, and I'd be doing myself an injustice, and I'd be doing an injustice to those kids who don't feel like they're comfortable to be themselves.

I've used my sense of humor as a coping tool. It's gotten me through a lot of challenging times.

I remember when I told my mom that I wanted to come out, and my mom was a little hesitant. She was saying, 'Are you sure? Do you think that might affect your scores?' or, 'Is it something that you think that you need to do?' And I told her, 'I don't care. It's important to me.'